JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A man who was attacked by three would-be robbers in his home on 6th Avenue Thursday afternoon was wounded in a gun battle and also injured one of the suspects, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Investigators said that around 2 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to a report of someone being shot on 6th Avenue about two blocks south of Soutel Drive in the Riverview area.<\/p>\n
The officers found the man inside a vehicle in front of the home, suffering from a gunshot wound, and the injured suspect on the front lawn, JSO said. Both were taken to the hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n
According to investigators, three masked armed suspects came into the man\u2019s home Thursday afternoon and tried to rob him. They said the would-be robbers opened fire on the man, who fired back and hit one of them. <\/p>\n
The injured suspect crawled out of the home into the front yard while the other two ran off. They have not yet been found, police said.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about what occurred is encouraged to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office at 904-630-0500. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS or you can email them at jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A man who was attacked by three would-be robbers in his home on 6th Avenue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[265,116,118,117,1872],"class_list":["post-129059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-crime","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}