No arrests have been announced one week since the three separate shootings in Jacksonville Beach’s downtown bar district that left a 21-year-old man dead and three others injured.
Police said the first St. Patrick’s Day shooting happened when a crowd was breaking up as two young men shot at each other on the boardwalk near 2nd Avenue North. Both were wounded and an innocent bystander was hit.
Police said those two shooters were hospitalized that night, but it’s unclear if they have since been released or have been charged.
Police said in the second shooting, a man in a ski mask was seen running past a bar on 3rd Avenue holding a gun and he fired a shot. No one was hurt and police later found the gun.
The third shooting took place in a restaurant parking lot at the corner of 1st Street North and Beach Boulevard and left James Jones III dead.
No one has been arrested for any of the shootings, but police said the people involved were wearing dark-colored clothes and had handguns and a rifle.
Beachgoers talked about how they felt being at the beach one week later after the shootings.
“Well seeing that it’s a lot of police and stuff around here, it feels pretty safe so far,” Dishyra Pauling said. “I don’t see anything crazy or out of pocket.”
Pauling said she has been more attentive to her surroundings since the shootings.
“You gotta keep your eye out because there’s gonna be a little craziness around here sometimes,” Pauling said.
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