A Macclenny man was charged over the weekend with the shooting death of his girlfriend’s son at a residence on Fern St. in the northeast city.
Frank (Doug) Kilgo, 55, called police shortly after 6:00 pm on June 18 to report that he had shot Joshua (Brandon) Fish, 26, of Sanderson after the victim jumped a swimming pool fence and came at him in what the victim described as a threatening manner.
Deputies arrived at the residence to find Mr. Fish lying face-up on the pool patio with a single gunshot wound to the chest. He was pronounced dead minutes later by a rescue team.
Mr. Kilgo walked out of a door and stood in a carport when Deputy Jared Satterwhite pulled up to the address, and, according to the officer, [he] raised his hands in the air saying he was unarmed.”
He admitted shooting Mr. Fish and told the officer where the victim lay, then pointed to a loaded .357 magnum pistol lying on the hood of a nearby pickup truck. When he called 9-1-1, Mr. Kilgo told the dispatcher he needed a deputy because he had just shot “a breaking and entering suspect.”
In a subsequent interview with sheriff’s investigator Steve Harvey, Mr. Kilgo said the victim had earlier that day visited his mother Debbie Fish, the residence's owner. His mother warned him to stay away while she went shopping with a friend.
Both the mother, who lived there with Mr. Kilgo, and the accused told police the victim had a violent temper and was abusing prescription drugs. He had twice before beat Mr. Kilgo, and Ms. Fish said later the two did not get along.
The accused told police he was seated beside the pool with the pistol in his lap when Mr. Fish returned to the property and, after an attempt to scale the pool fence and unlock a gate, he dropped to the ground after spitting at him and moved closer outside the fence to where the suspect was seated.
He jumped the fence and, according to Mr. Kilgo came toward him in a menacing manner after earlier saying he would kill him. Mr. Kilgo said he feared the assailant would drown him in the pool.
That’s when he raised the pistol and fired a single shot.
Mr. Kilgo was booked later that evening for negligent homicide.
The victim has an arrest record dating back to 2003, and once was placed on probation for sale and possession of controlled drugs and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Other arrests were for aggravated battery, battery, felony criminal mischief, careless driving and underage possession of alcohol.
Earlier this month, Mr. Fish was a complainant against his father Tommy Fish, 52, of Sanderson after the two argued at their residence off CR 127 over the shooting of a stray dog.
His father was arrested for aggravated assault with a gun for allegedly pointing it at the son and threatening to shoot him.
Mr. Kilgo, son of the late Dr. Frank Kilgo, a general practitioner for more than three decades in Baker County and longtime school board member, has a prior arrest record for traffic offenses including reckless driving and driving on a suspended license.
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