The shootings reportedly happened two hours apart – the first on the Westside, and the second on the Southside.<\/p>\n
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Two people were injured in two separate New Year’s Day shootings in Jacksonville early Thursday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n
The shootings reportedly happened two hours apart – the first on the Westside, and the second on the Southside.<\/p>\n
Here’s what JSO said led up to each incident.<\/p>\n
\nWestside shooting <\/p>\n
JSO’s Sgt. Smith said officers responded to the 5000 block of Westchase Court around midnight in reference to a person shot.<\/p>\n
Smith said the victim, a man in his mid-20s, sustained a gunshot wound to his right calf. He was taken to a local hospital privately and has non-life-threatening injuries despite suffering a broken leg, according to Smith.<\/p>\n
JSO said the preliminary investigation indicates that a group of people were shooting fireworks for the holiday. The victim walked past the group and a male in the group began arguing with the victim, according to Smith. The suspect then pulled out a gun, Smith said, and began shooting at the victim.<\/p>\n
JSO described the suspect to be a man in his late-20s, who is 6’2 and was wearing a yellow shirt and possibly white and pink shoes at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n
The sheriff’s office added that the incident appears to be isolated and that there is no further threat to the community.<\/p>\n
\nSouthside shooting <\/p>\n
Sgt. Smith said at 2 a.m., officers responded to a local hospital in reference to a person shot. He said officers were able to determine that the shooting occurred in the 5800 block of Barnes Road and that the victim sustained gunshot wounds to his leg.<\/p>\n
The victim is reportedly in his late teens. His injuries are non-life-threatening, according to Smith.<\/p>\n
JSO said the preliminary investigation indicates that the victim was walking with a group of his friends in the 5800 block of Barnes Road. The victim told officers he heard several gunshots, but did not see who was shooting.<\/p>\n
Afterward, JSO said the victim advised that he realized he was struck by a bullet. His friends helped him get to the hospital and are cooperating in the investigation, Smith said.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on either shooting is asked to call JSO’s non-emergency number at 904-630-0500. To provide information anonymously, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shootings reportedly happened two hours apart – the first on the Westside, and the second on the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-484909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115820353620893366","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}