{"id":164340,"date":"2026-02-22T02:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/164340\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:03:20","slug":"jacksonville-beach-shooting-reports-at-mcdonalds-on-third-street-in-florida-videos-show-heavy-police-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/164340\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Beach: Shooting reports at McDonald’s on Third Street in Florida; videos show heavy police presence"},"content":{"rendered":"

A shooting was reported at the Jacksonville Beach in Florida<\/a> on February 21. Visuals showed heavy police presence in the area. \u201cHeavy police presence is reported in the area of the McDonald’s<\/a> on Third Street in Jacksonville Beach, near the beach bars,\u201d a local outlet noted.<\/p>\n

\"AA shooting was reported at Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)<\/p>\n

City of Jacksonville Beach Police Department released a statement about operations in the area, saying \u201cPolice are working multiple investigations in the area of Beach Blvd and 2nd Street. We are advising everyone to stay out of the area at this time. We will release more information when available.\u201d<\/p>\n

The local outlet reported, stating eyewitness accounts, that officers appeared to respond to an incident involving multiple victims. \u201cOne individual was observed on the ground receiving medical treatment in front of the McDonald’s, while another person was reportedly down on the ground approximately one block to the south,\u201d the Facebook<\/a> page added.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaw enforcement personnel, including officers armed with long rifles, were observed throughout the scene, with activity spanning multiple blocks,\u201d they continued.<\/p>\n

The page suggested it might be a drive-by shooting or a hit-and-run incident in which more than one person was impacted. Notably, authorities have not yet released a statement on the specifics of the incident. Thus details on the suspect or the condition and number of victims is not known at this time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe scene remains active, and the investigation is ongoing. Residents and visitors in the area are advised to avoid the vicinity and follow guidance from local police. This is a developing situation. Updates will be provided as more details become available from the Jacksonville Beach Police Department or other official sources,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n

Visuals taken from inside a vehicle showed numerous police cars present with sirens blaring.<\/p>\n

Reactions to Jacksonville Beach shooting reports<\/p>\n

Several people reacted to reports of shooting at Jacksonville Beach. \u201cJax Beach is a war zone rn,\u201d one person remarked<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Another asked<\/a> on X \u201cWow, big commotion in Jax Beach, right now anyone know what’s going on?\u201d. Yet another noted<\/a> \u201cIf you have young teens out at jax beach……check in on them …..shots fired.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others commented on the report of the shooting itself. \u201cShots fired at McDonalds,\u201d one person said. Another added \u201cYeah heard those sirens up at mayport rd area.\u201d Yet another person chipped in, saying \u201clived there from 2015 to 2024. It\u2019s crazy on the weekends.\u201d<\/p>\n

One person, claiming to be an eyewitness, said \u201cLiterally was just across the street getting Taco Bell.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shooting was reported at the Jacksonville Beach in Florida on February 21. Visuals showed heavy police presence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,78444,78443,118,117,78442,78445,78447,78446],"class_list":["post-164340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-beach-florida-shooting-today","tag-jacksonville-beach-shooting","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jax-beach-shooting","tag-jax-beach-shooting-today","tag-jax-beach-updates","tag-shooting-in-jax-beach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164340","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=164340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}