JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A local family is remembering a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed in the Sandalwood neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Police said Amir Bostic died during what investigators believe was a drug deal.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Loved ones said he was hanging out with the wrong crowd when his life was taken by gun violence.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was just a kid who just was around the wrong people at the wrong time and he got caught in a situation ended in him losing his life,\u201d Amir\u2019s sister Zakiya Bostic said.<\/p>\n Community activist group MAD DADS said Amir was found lying in the road after the shooting and two other people were also hurt.<\/p>\n RELATED: Boy dead, man and another boy injured in shooting involving drug deal, Jacksonville police say<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt hurts me deeply,\u201d Zakiya said.<\/p>\n Zakiya said their family is from Brunswick and Amir lived in Jacksonville with their mom for about two years.<\/p>\n He went to Sandalwood High School.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cAmir was so smart,\u201d Zakiya said. \u201cHe had a lot going for him.\u201d<\/p>\n Now Zakiya is only left with memories of her brother.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was like the glue to our family,\u201d Zakiya said. \u201cHe was a gentleman, he was kind, he was so caring. He gave me a great childhood and I am just grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n JSO said as of now, no arrests have been made in this case.<\/p>\n The investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n Anyone with information about the incident can contact JSO at 904-630-0500 or through Crimestoppers at 866-845-TIPS.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A local family is remembering a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[982,46984,969,116,118,117,634,32483,46985,39832],"class_list":{"0":"post-85962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action_news","9":"tag-amir_botsi","10":"tag-jack","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","13":"tag-jacksonville-news","14":"tag-local","15":"tag-mad_dad","16":"tag-marriba_road_east","17":"tag-sandalwood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85962","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=85962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}