{"id":50548,"date":"2025-11-17T23:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/50548\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T23:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:58:13","slug":"man-working-as-security-guard-arrested-accused-of-firing-shots-at-eastside-afterparty-that-left-4-injured-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/50548\/","title":{"rendered":"Man working as security guard arrested, accused of firing shots at Eastside \u2018afterparty\u2019 that left 4 injured: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  \u2013 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said it has arrested a man who is accused of firing his gun at an \u201cafterparty\u201d on Jacksonville\u2019s Eastside that left four people injured. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JSO arrest reports reveal that Gregory Gardner, 29, was taken into police custody for discharging his firearm in public and exposing another person to personal injury following a gathering at 1002 A. Philip Randolph Boulevard around 1 a.m. on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Gregory Gardner, 29. (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/16\/4-injured-after-shooting-at-jacksonville-teen-party-jso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/16\/4-injured-after-shooting-at-jacksonville-teen-party-jso\/\">4 injured after shooting at Jacksonville teen party: JSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The incident began, according to JSO, when a group of teens threw a party after attending the Jacksonville Fair. During the party, there was a fight that broke out inside, but was broken up by security, which ended the party as people began being kicked out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Then, once everyone was outside, the fight resumed, which escalated into shots being fired and people running away from the building where the party was held, witnesses told police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said they spoke with the four victims at UF Health following the incident, and they all said they were not able to see who fired the shots, but described the fight as one that involved a \u201cgroup of boys,\u201d with one describing the incident as a \u201cbrawl.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">All victims were treated at the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JSO also spoke with three men, including Gardner, who were all at the scene as security guards for the party. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">While the interviews for the security guards are heavily redacted, the report states that, based on witness statements, officers had probable cause to place Gardner under arrest. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JSO asks anyone with information about this matter to contact the Sheriff\u2019s Office at 904-630-0500, or via email at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/17\/man-arrested-accused-of-firing-shots-at-eastside-afterparty-that-left-four-with-injuries-police\/mailto:jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org<\/a> or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office said it has arrested a man who is accused of firing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14581,116,118,117,1872],"class_list":["post-50548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-eastside","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50548","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=50548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}