{"id":242205,"date":"2026-04-22T19:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242205\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:13:07","slug":"man-shot-at-northwest-jacksonville-motel-police-still-searching-for-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242205\/","title":{"rendered":"Man shot at Northwest Jacksonville motel; police still searching for suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  \u2013 A man was hospitalized after being shot at a Northwest Jacksonville motel early Wednesday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officers responded to the Sunshine Inn on New Kings Road in the Magnolia Gardens area, at approximately 6:39 a.m. after reports of a shooting. A man in his mid-thirties was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to investigators, an unknown suspect knocked on the man\u2019s front door. The victim opened the door, then asked the suspect to leave. The suspect walked into the parking lot and fired multiple shots toward the victim\u2019s room. One round struck the victim in the leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The victim\u2019s girlfriend was also inside the room at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The suspect drove away from the area in a white sedan. Detectives are reviewing surveillance video from the motel and interviewing witnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cCurrently we are very early in the investigation and believe this to be an isolated incident,\u201d said Sgt. Johnson of JSO\u2019s Robbery and Violent Crime Unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office at 904-630-0500. Those who wish to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-8477 (TIPS) or email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/22\/man-shot-at-northwest-jacksonville-motel-police-still-searching-for-suspect\/mailto:jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A man was hospitalized after being shot at a Northwest Jacksonville motel early Wednesday morning,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,1872],"class_list":{"0":"post-242205","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-jso"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242205","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=242205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}