Shooting on Jacksonville’s westside is 17th in 11 days

Jacksonville, FL — At least one person was shot at a home on Jacksonville’s westside early this morning. Jacksonville Police were called to Seaboard Avenue and detectives on-scene were tight-lipped about what specifically happened.

This is the 17th shooting incident since Monday, October 7th in Jacksonville. In a handful of these incidents, more than one person was shot.

Late on Thursday, JSO says it responded to Edenfield Road in reference to a person shot. Officers were not able to find a scene or a victim. But a short time later an off-duty officer at a local hospital said that a victim arrived at the hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

JSO says the victim was shot during an attempted robbery.

Thursday afternoon saw multiple people injured in shootings and stabbings in the Brentwood area.  Police believe there were 3 or 4 victims in the hospital, with one suffering a gunshot wound. The others are said to have stab wounds.

As for what happened, police believe there was a fight on Pearl Street, with some of those involved then traveling to W. 23rd Street. What led up to the fight remains under investigation.