The woman was found shot in the front yard of a home on Justin Road East and died at the hospital, JSO said, and a female person of interest was taken into custody.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A woman is dead after being found shot at a home on Jacksonville’s Westside Monday morning.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) is investigating the death on Justin Road East, east of Herlong Recreational Airport.
In a news briefing Monday evening, a sheriff’s office homicide detective said officers responded to a call at around 10:25 a.m., reporting that a person had been shot. When officers arrived, they found a woman in the front yard suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital, where she later died.
The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately known, but a female person of interest was taken into custody at the scene, the detective said, and was being interviewed.
A baby was inside the home at the time of the incident, and was taken into custody by the sheriff’s office’s Victim Services temporarily.
It is unclear how the people involved are related.
The detective said the incident is believed to have been isolated and no further threat to the community is expected.