A 2-year-old boy died overnight after he was shot during a domestic dispute late Sunday at an apartment complex in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Jacksonville’s Westside, police said.
Investigators said just before midnight, officers responded to a complex on Labelle Street.
They said they found the 2-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound, and he died at the hospital.
According to police, the incident began as a domestic dispute between adults in the home.
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After the shooting, one of the adults involved ran from the scene and police are still looking for that person. They would not share a description or say if the person was the shooter.
Two other children under the age of 10 were in the home at the time of the shooting but were not injured.
Police said everyone who was still at the apartment when police arrived is cooperating with the investigation.
A sign at the complex still reads Eureka Gardens, although the name of the apartments has changed.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call JSO at 904-630-0500.
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