Jacksonville man pleads not guilty in I-10 road-rage shooting case that killed one, wounded three
Leonard Bryant Sr., 43, pleaded not guilty July 22 in Duval County court to charges arising from a September 2025 Interstate 10 shooting in the Jacksonville area that killed one person and wounded three others.
Bryant is charged with murder in the death of Toby Robinson, 26. He also faces four counts of attempted murder involving three adults and one child who were in the other vehicle, along with a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon.
The plea is a formal response to the charges, not a finding of guilt. Bryant is presumed innocent, and the allegations have not been resolved in court.
Case stems from September 2025 shooting
The charges stem from a road-rage shooting reported on Sept. 18, 2025, on Interstate 10. Robinson was killed, and three other people were wounded, according to reporting on the case.
The four attempted-murder counts are separate from the murder charge and concern the three adults and one child identified as being in the other vehicle. The reported number of attempted-murder counts therefore exceeds the number of people wounded, reflecting the charges prosecutors have brought rather than a determination of criminal responsibility.
Detectives spent nine months investigating the shooting, according to police information reported by News4JAX. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is identified in reporting on the investigation.
Separate accessory case involving son
Bryant’s son, Leonard Bryant Jr., pleaded guilty June 4, 2026, to an accessory charge connected to the case. That guilty plea was a separate court action and does not establish Bryant Sr.’s guilt or resolve the charges against him.
The July 22 plea places Bryant Sr.’s case at an early contested stage of the criminal process. Prosecutors must still prove the charges through subsequent proceedings or another lawful resolution of the case. The approved report did not identify Bryant Sr.’s next scheduled court date.
The case remains significant because it concerns a reported fatal shooting on a major Jacksonville-area highway, with multiple alleged victims and felony charges that include murder, attempted murder and a firearm offense. But the public record reflected in the report establishes the charges and Bryant’s not-guilty plea; it does not provide a final judgment on the allegations.