JSO say a man in his mid-20s was found shot and killed inside a home on Boilard Drive early Monday morning. No arrests were immediately announced.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A community is left shaken after a deadly shooting early Monday morning in the Washington Estates neighborhood off Soutel Drive.
Police say a man in his mid-20s was found shot inside a home on the 5200 block of Boilard Drive just after 2:30 a.m. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.
Multiple people have been detained as the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigates, but no arrests have been announced. Authorities are still working to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Frederick Douglas Jordan III, a lifelong resident of Boilard Drive, shared his shock at the scene.
“When I pulled up this morning — cause I was taking my mom to get her eyes, laser on her eyes — when I pulled up and seen all the police cars, first thing I’m thinking about, something wrong my mom. She said no. I was shocked,” Jordan said.
Jordan said his family has lived in the neighborhood for decades and he never expected something like this to happen.
“My mama been in this house since 1965. I think about my mom, to be honest with you. Will she come stay with me, but she’s not. That just makes me a little scared.”
He said the shooting has him worried for his family’s safety.
“Well I tell them people, this can happen in any neighborhood. You know, this is an older neighborhood, this is the Northside, but that don’t mean everything is bad over here, you know,” Jordan said. “It can happen in any neighborhood.”
He’s hoping JSO can quickly make an arrest so that the suspect doesn’t hurt anyone else.
JSO says investigators are actively working the case and asks anyone with information to come forward by either contacting JSO directly at its non-emergency number or anonymously through Crime Stoppers.