6-year-old boy killed in Florida shooting that injured young girl, man: police

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A young boy was killed in a shooting that injured another child and a man in Jacksonville early Wednesday morning, according t...

October 2, 2023
7:08 AM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A young boy was killed in a shooting that injured another child and a man in Jacksonville early Wednesday morning, according to police. Shortly before 2 a.m., patrol officers responded to an area on King Street for a report of a person shot. When they arrived, they found three people with gunshot wounds – a 6-year-old boy, a 12-year-old girl and a 29-year-old man. They were taken to a local hospital where the boy died of his injuries. The two surviving victims are expected to be OK.

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