THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. ♪
>>TARIK MINOR: BREAKING RIGHT NOW 6 O’CLOCK MORE THAN HALF THE UTILITY CUSTOMERS ON AMELIA
ISLAND IN NASSAU COUNTY THEY’RE
OUT OF POWER RIGHT NOW WE JUST
LEARNED TO LYMAN HAVE BEEN
INJURED TOO WE’RE WORKING ON A
MAIN POWER LINE NEAR THE
SHAVES BRIDGE.
>>REBECCA BARRY: NASSAU COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS POWER
LINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN INTO
WORKER SUFFERED ELECTRICAL
BURNS. ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA
PUBLIC UTILITIES
OUTAGE MAP. THERE ARE 3 OUTAGES
AFFECTING 16,000 OF THE
ISLAND’S
29,000 CUSTOMERS, ONE OF THE
OUTAGES IS SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN
FERNANDINA BEACH. ONE IS WEST
OF THE AIRPORT IN THE 3RD IS IN
THE AMERICAN BEACH AREA.
NO WORD WHEN POWER MIGHT
♪
BE RESTORED.
>>TARIK MINOR: ARE RIGHT NOW AT
5 AT 6 O’CLOCK. WE’RE ALSO
LEARNING NEW DETAILS FROM
SUNDAY’S DEADLY SHOOTING AT A
YOUTH FOOTBALL GAME. THE FATHER
WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH WAS
27 YEARS OLD. THE 7 YEAR-OLD
BOY WHO WAS ALSO SHOT IS THE
SUN AND IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE
THANKFULLY. NOW
BEHIND US THIS IMAGE HERE IS
WHAT THE ARLINGTON ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION FIELD LOOK LIKE
JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
WHICH TRASH ALL OVER THE FIELD
AFTER PEOPLE JUST
SCATTERED THERE.
>>MARY BAER: LOOKS LIKE IT WAS
KIND OF STUCK IN PLACE TONIGHT.
THE SEARCH IS STILL ON FOR
WHOEVER SHOT THE FATHER AND THE
BOY, IT IS BELIEVED TO BE
HIS SON. WE HAVE CREWS COVERING
THE INVESTIGATION AND HOW THE
COMMUNITY IS NOW RESPONDING WE
DO WANT
TO BEGIN WITH VIC MICOLUCCI
VICK YOU’VE BEEN TALKING AND
TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IF A SUSPECT HAS
BEEN FOUND OR IDENTIFIED
TONIGHT.
>> AND WE HAVE SEEN POLICE DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD BEHIND
THE SCENES TO SOLVE THIS CASE.
A SHOOTING THAT DEVASTATED SO
MANY PEOPLE THERE WERE CHILDREN
THERE WERE FAMILIES WHO HAD TO
SEE THIS HAPPEN ON WHAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A FUN. FAMILY
FRIENDLY DAY IT HAPPENED RIGHT
HERE IN THE STREET IN FACT WE
CAN ACTUALLY STILL SEE SOME OF
THE BLOOD WE’RE NOT GOING TO
SHOW YOU THAT AND JUST IN THE
DISTANCE NOT EVEN 20 YARDS.
YOU HAVE THE FIELD WHERE YOU
HAD. DOZENS OF BYSTANDERS AND
PLAYERS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO
THE GUNFIRE. OUT OF THEM.
AND SOMEBODY
IS SHOOTING. COACHES LIVE
STREAM CATCHES FOR SHOTS JUST
YARDS AWAY FROM A KIDS
FOOTBALL GAME. THE PLAYERS
LAYING ON THE FIELD FOR THEIR
PROTECTION.
>> HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS
APPEAR SHOCKED AT FIRST THEN
MOVE TO THE EXITS.
THIS AS A 27 YEAR-OLD MAN AND WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE HIS 7 YEAR-OLD SON, LAY BLEEDING IN
THE STREET OUTSIDE.
THE MAN DIED THE BOY HOSPITALIZED. THE SHOOTER DRIVES OFF.
>> WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A
BLACK MALE SUSPECT WITH THE
GRAY HOODIE AND A MASK EXITED
THE REAR
THE SUV AND BEGAN TO SHOOT IN
THE DIRECTION OF THE VICTIMS A
DAY LATER THE FIELD IS A MESS
FROZEN IN TIME AS DETECTIVES
ARE LOOKING FOR CLUES ABOUT WHO
DID THIS.
DID THIS. >> AND WHY DOES THIS SEEM LIKE A
PREMEDITATED HIT.
>> IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT’S
PREMEDITATED FROM WHAT I’M
HEARING FROM THE THIS WAS
A TARGET.
>> NEWS 4 JAX CRIME AND SAFETY
ANALYST KEN JEFFERSON SAYS THIS
SHOOTER HAD NO REGARD FOR
ANYONE’S LIFE. NOT THE
SEVEN-YEAR OLDS NOR THE
HUNDREDS ON THE FIELD JUST
BEHIND HIM.
♪
AND SOMEBODY
IS SHOOTING.
>> THIS IS BRAZEN 300 PEOPLE ON
♪
>> THE FIELD SHOOTING RIGHT
THERE.
IT’S A CRYING SHAME THAT
SOMEONE WOULD STOOP THIS LOW.
INTO A CROWD
OF CHILDREN.
>> NOW POLICE NEED THAT CROWD
TO COME TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.
THIS TIME AS WITNESSES. THEY
COULD HOLD THE CLUES TO
CATCHING THE KILLER. PEOPLE
AFRAID TO TALK
SOMETIMES.
>> WELL FEAR REPRISAL, YOU KNOW
YOU CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS AND
REMAIN ANONYMOUS. YOU CAN CALL THE POLICE AND REMAIN ANONYMOUS ONE CALL COULD SOLVE IT ALL.
>> AND IT APPEARS THAT INVESTIGATORS DO HAVE BALLISTIC EVIDENCE FROM SOME
OF THE BULLETS LEFT BEHIND THEY
ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO I NOTICED
SEVERAL CAMERAS ON THIS
BUILDING FOR THE ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION, HOWEVER, THE
MANAGER TOLD ME THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY WERE NOT WORKING BECAUSE
OF A
RECENT RENOVATION HOWEVER
ACROSS THE STREET YOU HAVE JET
OR ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
ELEMENTARY. WE DO SEE CAMERAS
ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT SCHOOL.
IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT POLICE
MAY BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT
VIDEO POSSIBLY WHICH
COULD SHOW THE SUSPECT AND
THAT VEHICLE IF YOU KNOW
ANYTHING CALL JSO RIGHT AWAY
WE’RE LIVE IN ARLINGTON
VIC MICOLUCCI CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>MARY BAER: BECAUSE THEIR
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE IN THAT
AREA.
>> I COULDN’T HEAR THE QUESTION TELL ME THAT ONE MORE TIME.
>> MAY IS THERE A HISTORY OF
VIOLENCE IN THAT AREA HAVE YOU
HEARD FROM ANYONE TALKING ABOUT
THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
>> YOU KNOW LAUREN I SPOKE WITH
SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
GOING TO THIS FIELD FOR
DECADES, AND THEY SAID NO IN
FACT THE LIONS CLUB
MANAGER SAID IN THE ENTIRE
HISTORY. THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY
PROBLEMS HERE NOT EVEN FIGHTS
NOT EVEN DUST-UPS.
SO CERTAINLY THIS IS TRAGIC.
IT IS DEVASTATING. AND IT IS
COMPLETELY OUT OF THE NORM.
>>JOY PURDY: VIC MICOLUCCI
THANK YOU SO MUCH WE GO LIVE
NOW TO NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER
MARILYN PARKER IN MARYLAND
PANDEMONIUM IS HOW RESIDENTS IN
THE AREA ARE DESCRIBING THAT
SHOOTING.
>> YES AND THOUGH THE SHOOTING HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TEAM’S OR THE SCHOOL’S INSIDE
THE GATES HERE IN THE FIELD YOU
SEE BEHIND ME THIS IS WHERE
MANY MORE LIVES WERE PUT IN
DANGER IN THE LAST FEW HOURS.
THE FIELD WAS CLEANED UP, BUT
RESIDENTS SAY IT’S TIME TO
CLEAN UP THE CRIME THAT’S IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY’RE CLEANING APPLIANCE FIELD IT WAS LEFT THIS WAY AFTER RESIDENTS SAY PANDEMONIUM
BROKE OUT. >> AT A YOUTH FOOTBALL GAME SUNDAY WE WERE KIDS FOOTBALL
WAS ARE OUT ROUTE AWAY
FROM EVERYTHING. JONATHAN
TONSIL SAYS HE’S NEVER SEEN THE
FIELD LOOK LIKE THIS. AND SAYS
NOTHING LIKE YESTERDAY OUT OF
THEM.
AND SOMEBODY IS SHOOTING HAS
EVER HAPPENED
HERE BEFORE.
>> A MAN LOST HIS LIFE IN A 7
YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS SHOT OUT
YESTERDAY OF THAT THE WAKE IN
THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING.
♪
AND
♪ AND MY NEPHEW AND SOME OF MY LITTLE
COUSINS WILL PLAY IN THIS GAME
YESTERDAY. WHAT DO THEY TELL
YOU AFTER THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED. MY BROTHER
WAS LIKE ALL HIS SIDE JUST KEPT
QUIET. YOU DON’T WANT ANYTHING
ELSE TO DO WITH THE SPORT ON
FACEBOOK WHERE THE VIDEO WAS
POSTED COMMENTS ABOUT THE MAN
KILLED SAY HE
WAS QUOTE ONE OF THE MOST
DEDICATED AS OUT THEIR INPUT.
ACCORDING TO NEWS
4 JAX RECORDS.
>> THERE’S BEEN 18 HOMICIDES SO
FAR THIS YEAR IN ARLINGTON LAST
YEAR THERE
WERE 7. NOW NEIGHBORS ARE
QUESTIONING WHAT LED UP TO
THE SHOOTING.
>> HOW DID THIS HAPPEN YOU KNOW
HOW DID THE PERSON GET THE
WEAPON HOW DID THEY KNOW
BRINGING THEIR WHY DID THEY
BRING IN THEIR IT REALLY GIVES
ME LIKE ANXIETY, YOU KNOW
BECAUSE I HAVE A BABY GIRL
AND THEN. THEN LIKE I THERE’S
NEIGHBORHOODS FILLED WITH KIDS
ALL THE TIME PLAYING AROUND THE
STREETS IS A PUN
I JUST.
>> IT’S CRAZY WHAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN A FUN DAY FOR FAMILIES
TURN INTO A TRAUMATIC
EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE IN
♪
THE COMMUNITY.
>> WE GOT A STATEMENT FROM A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JOYCE MORGAN READING IN PART THIS IS
UNACCEPTABLE. THERE ARE SOME IN
OUR COMMUNITY WHO DON’T VALUE
LIFE OR HUMANITY. WHILE POLICE
CONTINUE
THEIR INVESTIGATION. THERE ARE
CONCERNED CITIZENS WORKING WITH
MY OFFICE
AND JSO TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS
THERE IS STILL HOPE IN
ARLINGTON IN QUOTE NOW WE SPOKE
WITH A FEW NEIGHBORS
WHO HAVE A RING DOORBELLS ON
THEIR HOMES AND WE ASKED THEM
TO CHECK THEIR SURVEILLANCE
TO SEE IF THEY CAUGHT THAT GRAY
OR SILVER SUV THAT JSO IS OUT
LOOKING FOR SO FAR NO ONE HAS
RUN ACROSS ANY OF THAT FOOTAGE,
BUT
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION YOU
ARE ASKED TO CALL JSO OR