{"id":156112,"date":"2026-02-15T04:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/156112\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:10:11","slug":"1-dead-after-valentines-day-shooting-in-jacksonville-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/156112\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead after Valentine&#8217;s Day shooting in Jacksonville | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WAND) \u2014 One person is dead after a Valentine&#8217;s Day shooting in Jacksonville.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Jacksonville Police Department, officers responded to reports of shots fired in the 800 block of West Chambers Avenue just after 5:40 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Police found a person who was shot when they arrived. The victim was taken to the hospital, where they died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville PD said the identity of the victim will not be released until the victim&#8217;s family is notified.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Jacksonville Police Department at 217-479-4630 or Crime Stoppers at 217-243-7300.<\/p>\n<p>More Coverage:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/news\/meet-pim-the-6-year-old-girl-scout-whos-breaking-every-cookie-sale-record\/article_e64e88e3-834a-4f48-8257-f82f48ddcb1c.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet Pim: The 6-year-old Girl Scout who&#8217;s breaking every cookie sale record<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/news\/illinois\/storm-sewer-installation-to-close-stretch-of-fairview-ave-in-decatur\/article_6893d8da-f49a-41c1-893d-5c70155608f9.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Storm sewer installation to close stretch of Fairview Ave in Decatur<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/news\/illinois\/heritage-invites-decatur-community-to-learn-about-new-behavioral-health-facility\/article_a6f63abb-dd08-4404-ba91-2c0d3a73788e.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heritage invites Decatur community to learn about new behavioral health facility<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wandtv.com\/sports\/jacardia-wright-signs-future-deal-with-seahawks\/article_7a92650f-46cc-49a4-9dad-de04636ba843.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacardia Wright signs future deal with Seahawks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026. WAND TV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WAND) \u2014 One person is dead after a Valentine&#8217;s Day shooting in Jacksonville.\u00a0 According to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,215,62020],"class_list":{"0":"post-156112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news","11":"tag-shooting","12":"tag-valentine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156112","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=156112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}