RIGHT NOW AT 11 WE’RE GETTING A BRIEFING FROM THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE NATIONAL
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
HOMICIDE UNIT.
>> ON THIS EVENING AT 7.24
PATROL WAS DISPATCHED TO
COMPLAIN OF SHOTS FIRED AT THE
AMAZON. THE FILM AT CENTER
LOCATED IN THE 12,000 BLOCK OF
PECAN
PARK ROAD UPON ARRIVAL PATROL
MADE ENTRY IMMEDIATELY AND
LOCATED A BLACK FEMALE, A BLACK
MALE, SUFFERING FROM
GUNSHOT WOUNDS. THE BLACK
FEMALE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED
AT THE SCENE AND THE BLACK MALE
WAS TRANSPORTED FOR ADDITIONAL
MEDICAL TREATMENT. HIS
CONDITION REMAINS UNKNOWN.
AT THIS TIME.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS
DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY TYPE
OF ACTIVE
SHOOTER INCIDENT. THIS IS NOT
APPEAR TO BE ANY TYPE OF
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. THERE IS NO
IMMINENT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC
AT THIS TIME BASED ON OUR
INITIAL INVESTIGATION AT THE
SCENE AS YOU WOULD IN A
FACILITY OF THIS SIZE AND
NATURE OF OPERATION. THERE WERE
MULTIPLE WITNESSES TO
THIS INCIDENT. WE HAVE AN
EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF DETECTIVES
AND MAJOR CRIMES PERSONNEL ON
SCENE FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE
CONDUCTING WITNESS INTERVIEWS.
BUT WE’RE VERY EARLY IN THE
INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME
FUTURE DETAILS ARE LIMITED
RIGHT NOW FUTURE INFORMATION
WILL BE RELEASED TO YOU THROUGH
THE P I S
AGAIN EMPHASIZE THAT WE’RE
EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION, BUT
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTION WITH
THEM THAT YOU HAVE AT
THIS TIME AGAIN WE’RE THERE
WERE SOME INDICATIONS THAT
MAYBE A DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE
2 PARTIES. THAT’S THE REASON
FOR MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT ABOUT
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE BUT IT’S
TOO SOON.
>> TO RELEASE WHO WAS
TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER.
AGAIN.
>> STILL EARLY IN THE
INVESTIGATION, I DON’T WANT TO
RELEASE INFORMATION IS
INACCURATE TO THE PUBLIC DOES
THEM AND WORK HERE.
AND AGAIN WE DON’T KNOW THE
EXACT RELATIONSHIP WHO
WOULD BE THE AGGRESSOR THAT WAS
THE NATURE OF THIS
INCIDENT SO I DON’T WANT TO
PRODUCE ANY INFORMATION OR NOT
THERE’S NO ACTIVE SHOOTER.
STILL THERE IS NO ACTIVE
SHOOTER BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED
IN
THE INCIDENT. WE ARE CONDUCTING
A SWEEP OF THE FACILITY JUST
OUT OF
STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR THIS TYPE
OF INCIDENT THIS TYPE OF
RESPONSE TO THIS KIND OF YOU I
WAS A KID FROM OF THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED FOR WHAT THE BACK OF
THE BUILDING.
>> I CAN’T CONFIRM AN EXACT
LOCATION OF THE PEOPLE WERE
VERY MUCH. INDICATIONS ARE THEY
WERE EMPLOYEES OF AMAZON.
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A WEAPON WAS RECOVERED AT ♪
>> I MEAN YOU KNOW HOW HE WAS ABLE TO HAVE A FIREARM INSIDE THIS BUILDING WITH YOU KNOW
AGAIN.
>> VERY EARLY IN THE
INVESTIGATION, I CAN’T SPEAK TO
AMAZON SECURITY PROTOCOLS,
THOSE ARE THINGS WE WILL LOOK
AT AS PART OF
OUR INVESTIGATION.
>> BUT I CAN’T COMMENT ON WHAT
IS HIS CONDITION THAT
WORD BOOK THE CONDITION IS
UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AGAIN THE
2 PEOPLE THERE AND WE’RE
THE EMPLOYEES.
>> YES, THEY WERE APPEAR TO BE
EMPLOYEES
OF AMAZON.
>> YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY
SHOTS WERE FIRED. WE DO NOT
HAVE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE
GUNMAN OR WELL AT THIS TIME YOU
DON’T KNOW WHO THE SHOOTER WAS
RIGHT WE CAN’T RELEASE THAT
INFORMATION AT THIS POINT WE A
NOTIFICATION ANY FAMILY MEMBERS
OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES
THEY RELATED.
>> WE DON’T KNOW THAT YET FOR
SURE AGAIN THERE ARE EARLY
INDICATIONS THAT THERE WAS
POSSIBLY A DOMESTIC
RELATIONSHIP, BUT WE CAN’T
CONFIRM THAT AT
THIS TIME YOU JUST HOW LITTLE
THEY WERE WE DON’T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR
RELEASE RIGHT NOW AND AGAIN
EMPHASIZING ANY FUTURE
INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED.
THROUGH OUR P IOWA OFFICE AND
JSO IN IT.
>> HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU
ANTICIPATE THE OUT HERE AND AND
KNOW THAT EMPLOYEES ARE BEING
LET GO
AND SHARE.
>> SO ONE CAN EVERYBODY AGAIN
MASSIVE FACILITY WERE PROCESS
AND PEOPLE AS FAST AS WE CAN,
BUT WE DON’T COMPROMISE THE
NATURE OF THE INVESTIGATION.
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THAT’S ALL WE HAVE AT THIS
TIME, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING
UP.
>>JOY PURDY: ALL RIGHT, YOU’VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE
GIVE US THEIR OFFICIAL WORD ON
WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE THE
AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER
SHOOTING TONIGHT WE UNDERSTAND
ONE PERSON IS DEAD. ONE PERSON
IS HOSPITALIZED. AT THIS POINT YOU HEARD THE OFFICER SAY A DOMESTIC TYPE RELATIONSHIP,
THIS LOOKS TO BE BUT THEY CAN’T
CONFIRM RIGHT NOW.
THEY WERE ASKED IF THIS WAS A
MURDER SUICIDE TYPE SITUATION.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT
EITHER AT THIS
THEY.
>> DO SAY THAT IT LOOKS LIKE
PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED OR.
EMPLOYEES THEIR AMAZON AND SAID
THEY RECOVERED A WEAPON AT THE
SCENE BUT LOTS TO DO FOR JSO INCLUDING THEY SAID THAT RING THEIR INVESTIGATION THEY
ARE LOOKING AT AMAZON
SECURITY PROCEDURES.
>>JOY PURDY: LET’S GO TO HE IS
THERE AT THE SCENE ERIC, I
GUESS SOME GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW
IS THAT THERE IS NO ACTIVE
SHOOTER SITUATION HERE.
>> YES, THERE IS NO ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION HERE IN FACT WE’RE STARTING TO SEE HIM GET
OUT OF THE WAY HERE WAS
STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THESE
LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES OTHER
GOOD GUY PILING OUT OF HERE AS
WE SPEAK ARE YOU STILL GOT
STATE TROOPERS ARE STILL A
THING YOU’VE GOT JSO IT’S MY
UNDERSTANDING YOU MAY HAVE AT
LEAST ONE FEDERAL AGENCY OUT
HERE BELIEVED TO BE THE ATF AS
I SAID
EARLIER ON THEY GOT THE CALL AT
ABOUT 7.24 ABOUT SHOTS BEING
FIRED INSIDE THE AMAZON
FACILITY LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF
PECAN PARK WHEN THEY MADE ENTRY
INTO THE BUILDING THEY FOUND A
WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND DECEASED
FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND A MAN WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL NOW
ACCORDING TO
OUR SOURCES.
>> THE PERSON WHO WAS TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL IS BELIEVED TO BE
THE SHOOTER AND STILL ALIVE.
NOW WE’VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH A
PERSON WHO WORKS INSIDE OF THE
FACILITY WHO HEARD THE GUNSHOTS
WHO TELL US OFF THAT THE 2
PEOPLE INVOLVED WERE IN SOME
TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP
AND DID IN FACT WORK HERE
AT THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT
CENTER OF COURSE JUST SO MANY
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AS TO WHY
THIS HAPPENED. WHAT LED UP TO IT OF COURSE WE MAY NOT GET THOSE ANSWERS FOR QUITE SOME
TIME, BUT OF COURSE AS SOON AS
WE GET NEWER INFORMATION WE WILL POST THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM
REPORTING LIVE ERIK AVANIER
CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>JOY PURDY: ALL RIGHT ERIC,
THANK YOU WE WANT TO CHECK IN
NOW WITH CORLEY PEEL SHE IS ON
THE SCENE AS WELL CORLEY SPOKE
WITH SOME WITNESSES.
>> THAT’S RIGHT WE’VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL WITNESSES TO 9 WHO SAY THEY HEARD THOSE GUNSHOTS,
THEY RAN OUTSIDE AS SOON AS
THEY COULD BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
THEY’RE VERY
SHAKEN UP ABOUT THAT SHOOTING
INCIDENT HERE AT THE AMAZON
WAREHOUSE YOU CAN SEE IT IS AN
ACTIVE SCENE OUT HERE WE’VE GOT
STATE TROOPERS A JSO IT DOES
APPEAR THEY EVENING AS A SWAT
TRUCK
LEAVING EARLIER. BUT THERE IS
STILL A PRESIDENT OUTSIDE OF
THE WAREHOUSE NOW I SPOKE WITH
A WOMAN ON THE PHONE EARLIER
TODAY AND SHE SAID THAT
SHE HEARD THE GUNSHOTS AND SHE
WAS JUST STEPS AWAY FROM WHERE
POLICE SAY
A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE BOTH
SHOT TAKE A LISTEN.
>> IN BANKING
OR WHATEVER BUT I FEEL GOOD
THAT WE NEVER LET WALK OF THEM
IF THE PEOPLE LAID OUT
BUT THERE.
>> LET ME I MEAN ARE YOU
WORRIED ABOUT HER GOING BACK TO
WORK TOMORROW. NO DOUBT EVEN
LONGER COME BACK TO WORK, I
DON’T THINK
IS SAFE.
>> NOW I DON’T THINK IT’S A
TENSION WITHOUT THE COME IN AND
GO TO WORK AND CLOUT IN AND
THEN YOU’RE NOT SURE IF YOU
EVEN GOT TO LEAVE YOUR JOB.
>> NOW THAT WAS ACTUALLY A WOMAN WHO WAS WAITING OUTSIDE FOR HER DAUGHTER FOR HOURS AS
SHE WAS STUCK INSIDE THE
FACILITY OR SEC OUTSIDE THE
FACILITY IN COULDN’T COME OUT
UNTIL IT WAS SAFE, I ACTUALLY
SPOKE WITH
HER DAUGHTER. MOMENTS AGO AS
THEY WERE REUNITED AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO LEAVE.
BUT AGAIN JSO SAYS THAT A WOMAN
AND A MAN
WERE BOTH SHOT HERE AT THE
AMAZON FACILITY. IT APPEARS
THAT THEY DO BOTH WORK HERE.
THEY’RE BOTH EMPLOYEES AT THIS
TIME THEY’RE NOT SURE WHO THE
AGGRESSOR WAS IN THAT SITUATION
SO WHO FIRED THE WEAPON AND WHO
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM BUT
THEY DID SAY THE
WOMAN DIED AND THE MAN IS AT
THE HOSPITAL HIS CONDITION IS
UNKNOWN, BUT THIS IS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION EMPLOYEES ARE
LEAVING THEY’VE BEEN LEAVING
INCH
IN SHIFTS. JSO SAYS THERE ARE
SEVERAL WITNESSES THAT SAW THIS
SO THEY ARE INTERVIEWING THOSE
WITNESSES. BUT THEY THIS IS AN
ONGOING INVESTIGATION AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU