A 19-year-old shot dead at Jacksonville Hyatt was a recent graduate of Ed White High

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Family members say the man who died after being shot Saturday night inside a bathroom at the Hyatt in downtown Jacksonville had recently graduated from Ed White School.

The family identified him as a 19-year-old and shared his photo, but asked him not to identify him by his name. Mary Dennis, a family friend, said she had big dreams.

“He was a very energetic kid going to college,” Dennis said.

He said he was out celebrating his birthday.

“It’s an unfortunate situation that happened, but he was out. I wasn’t looking for any problems like that, ”Dennis said.

The family friend said the 19-year-old was enrolled at Florida State College in Jacksonville.

The recent high school graduate was one of two men who were shot in the bathroom of Morton’s Steakhouse in the hotel lobby.

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The Jacksonville sheriff’s office said there was a private party inside Morton at the time of the shooting.

On Tuesday afternoon, JSO said investigators were working to locate Cory Hall, 29, suspected of murder and attempted murder during the shooting. The sheriff’s office considered him armed and dangerous.

Court documents show the suspect has three priors in Duval County, including major robberies and petty thefts.