JSO: Mass shooting in Spring Park was “targeted” attack

Jacksonville, FL — A mass shooting in the Spring Park area of Jacksonville was a targeted attack on six people in an SUV, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

WOKV has been pushing for updates through the day as police investigated this incident, which happened around 2AM. JSO says they were alerted to the shooting when six people pulled up to Memorial Hospital in a bullet-riddled SUV. One of the victims died, one is in critical condition, and the other four are believed to have non-life threatening injuries.

JSO now says this all actually started at what they’re calling a “late night rap music event” at Paradise Gentlemen’s Club on Baymeadows Rd on Jacksonville’s Southside. They believe all six victims were at that event, and left together by driving up I-95 and exiting at Emerson Street. Near the intersection of Emerson and Spring Park Road, JSO says a suspect vehicle pulled alongside the victim SUV and one or more people inside started shooting.

Police say this was a “targeted act of violence” against the people in the SUV. The man who died has been identified as 25-year-old Willie Addison.

JSO says they believe help from the public will be a “key” to solving this case. They’re asking you to come forward if you have information about what happened in the Club or details on any vehicle that may have followed the victims from the Club to where the shooting happened. The victims were in a silver Chevy Tahoe, and traveled from Baymeadows to I-95 northbound to Emerson around 2AM.

If you have any information, you can contact JSO at 904-630-0500 or JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org. You can also submit an anonymous tip and be eligible for a possible reward by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.