{"id":143364,"date":"2026-02-04T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/143364\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:09:15","slug":"man-shot-after-following-suspect-in-hit-and-run-near-st-johns-bluff-road-jso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/143364\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot after following suspect in hit-and-run near St. Johns Bluff Road: JSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A man was shot Tuesday night after a hit-and-run incident near St. Johns Bluff Road, south of Atlantic Boulevard, the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police were called around 9 p.m. to the report of a shooting in the area and found the man suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators said they learned that the victim and the suspected shooter had been involved in a hit-and-run incident, and the victim followed the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">At some point, JSO said, the suspect stopped, opened fire on the victim\u2019s vehicle, and sped away. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Crime scene detectives are processing the scene, and detectives are canvassing the area for surveillance and witnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">If you know anything about the incident, please contact JSO at 904-630-0500 or at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/02\/04\/man-shot-after-following-suspect-in-hit-and-run-near-st-johns-bluff-road-jso\/mailto:jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/02\/04\/man-shot-after-following-suspect-in-hit-and-run-near-st-johns-bluff-road-jso\/mailto:jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org\">jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org<\/a>. You can also stay anonymous and contact CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A man was shot Tuesday night after a hit-and-run incident near St. Johns Bluff Road,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[265,116,118,117,729],"class_list":{"0":"post-143364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","11":"tag-jacksonville-news","12":"tag-traffic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143364","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=143364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}