{"id":771092,"date":"2026-05-03T20:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/771092\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:27:19","slug":"witness-says-afterparty-erupted-into-chaos-before-man-was-shot-in-jacksonville-shopping-plaza-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/771092\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness says afterparty erupted into chaos before man was shot in Jacksonville shopping plaza parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 A man was shot early Sunday morning in the Biltmore area during what one witness says was an afterparty that got out of control. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The man who was shot is expected to survive, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, and investigators are now looking for the shooter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to JSO, officers responded around 1 a.m. to the 2800 block of Edgewood Avenue North after reports of a shooting. JSO said a man was taken to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators said the victim was shot in a parking lot by an unknown suspect, who then left the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A witness who asked to remain anonymous spoke to News4JAX and described what he said was an afterparty that erupted into chaos. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThey just had like a party or something, I guess, for like prom, like an afterparty. But out of nowhere, a lot of commotion was going on and they started shooting,\u201d the man said. \u201cKids was running everywhere. It was crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News4JAX saw multiple cars in the parking lot with what appeared to be bullet holes. There was also damage to the windows of nearby businesses in the shopping center near Rio Grande Avenue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A video posted to social media purportedly showed the shooting, but News4JAX has been unable to verify when and where it was recorded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information is asked to call JSO at (904) 630-0500, email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/03\/witness-says-afterparty-erupted-into-chaos-before-man-shot-in-shopping-plaza-parking-lot-on-edgewood-ave-north\/mailto:JSOCRIMETIPS@Jaxsheriff.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JSOCRIMETIPS@Jaxsheriff.org<\/a>, or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This is a developing story. We are working to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A man was shot early Sunday morning in the Biltmore area during what one witness&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":771093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,8314,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-771092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-duval-county","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116512531923511851","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771092","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=771092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}