A fatal shooting incident has rocked Jacksonville’s Westside community, where a man was pronounced dead at the scene Monday night. According to First Coast News, local law enforcement reported that officers were dispatched to a house on the 7400 block of Ricker Road after receiving a 911 call. There, they discovered an adult male with gunshot wounds, following what neighbors described as a “loud conversation” coming from the property just moments before gunshots were heard.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) responded to the incident near the McGirts Creek neighborhood around 8:15 p.m., as detailed by Action News Jax, finding the victim with multiple gunshot wounds, pronounced dead by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, who arrived to the scene for medical assistance but it was too late, he was dead already.
In the unfolding investigation, three individuals are being held as persons of interest, though their connection to the victim remains unspecified as reported by JSO spokespersons; it remains unclear what sparked the deadly shooting, the investigation by police and the State Attorney’s Office continues, aiming to uncover the circumstances surrounding the tragedy—a quest for justice in an event that has shaken a tight-knit Jacksonville community…