Police in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, responded to an active shooter incident in the downtown area Sunday evening that left one person dead and two others injured. Multiple suspected shooters remain on the loose.
Police in Jacksonville Beach , Florida , responded to an active shooter incident in the downtown area Sunday evening that left one person dead and two others injured. Multiple suspected shooters remain on the loose, Jacksonville Beach police told local outlet WFOX. Authorities initially asked everyone to shelter in place, but the order was later lifted at 10:54 p.m. as officers continued to work at the scene of the shooting.
A large police presence was observed in the Jacksonville Beach area near 2nd Ave. North and 1st St. North. 'There was about 15 to 20 gunshots. Everybody started scattering,' witness Herman Schoening said in video he recorded from the beach during the shooting. SHERIFF HAD PROBABLE CAUSE TO DETAIN MAINE GUNMAN BEFORE MASS SHOOTING, INDEPENDENT REPORT CLAIMS He said the shooting erupted right after police left the area and described the incident as a potential drive-by shooting. 'All the cops left and literally as soon as they left, they started shooting,' Schoening said in the video. 'It sounded like it was going south all the way down the road. It kept moving south like maybe somebody’s doing a drive-by.' The downtown district/bar area and the beachfront in Jacksonville Beach were 'locked down' after the scene of the incident expanded into that area, Sgt. Tonya Tator said at a media briefing Sunday night, according to ABC New
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