Police swarmed a Northwest Jacksonville strip Monday morning after a shooting near New Kings Road and Soutel Drive left at least one person wounded and a neighborhood on edge. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office units quickly roped off the area, focusing on a laundromat as detectives moved in and crime-scene tape went up. A large perimeter was set up while emergency crews worked the scene. Authorities have not yet said how the victim is doing or whether they have anyone in custody.
According to News4JAX, JSO told reporters the shooting unfolded near the intersection of New Kings Road and Soutel Drive. A News4JAX crew saw several patrol cars crowding the strip and the area around the laundromat wrapped in crime-scene tape as officers documented evidence and secured the block. The outlet described the case as a developing situation and said more details were expected later in the day.
What investigators are saying
As reported by Action News Jax, investigators had not released any additional specifics as of mid-morning and said they expected to provide more information once they could. The station noted that officials had not publicly identified the victim or named any suspect.
A wider pattern
The latest shooting lands on top of a violent stretch that has already kept Jacksonville officers hopping. Over the weekend, News4JAX documented three separate incidents across Duval County that left nine adults and one juvenile injured, including a chaotic beach-area “takeover” and a shootout in a Lowe’s parking lot in Mandarin. Those back-to-back scenes have stretched investigators and prompted fresh calls for tips and surveillance footage from anyone who might have seen something…