>> THE 10 O’CLOCK NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>>JOY PURDY: BREAKING TONIGHT
ON THE 10 O’CLOCK NEWS, 2
SEPARATE SHOOTINGS ACROSS
JACKSONVILLE AS POLICE
INVESTIGATING GUNFIRE ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF TOWN.
SHOOTING STARTED WITH A CAR
THEFT IN SUWANNEE COUNTY AND
ENDED WITH A HOMEOWNER
SHOOTING. A SUSPECTED ARMED
ROBBER ON THE WESTSIDE. YEAH.
THEN IN THE REGENCY AREA, A
CAR CRASHED AFTER IT WAS SHOT
UP.
>>KENT JUSTICE: LET’S GO
STRAIGHT TO NEWS. 4 JAX
REPORTER ERIK AVANIER JOINS US
NOW LIVE FROM JSO HEADQUARTERS
WHERE WITHIN THE PAST 2 HOURS,
POLICE GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE
SHOOTING INVOLVED IN THAT CAR
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. ERIC?
>> CAN’T WHAT A NIGHT IT HAS
BEEN. YOU KNOW, WE’RE JUST
WRAPPING UP OUR INFORMATION
GATHERING ON THAT WEST SIDE
SHOOTING WHEN WE GOT WORD
ABOUT A VEHICLE THAT WAS SHOT
UP MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEN
CRASHED OVER IN THE REGION IS
THE AREA. I HAVE TO TELL YOU
THAT BOTH INCIDENTS NOW HAVE
DETECTIVES HERE AT JSO
HEADQUARTERS, BUSY TONIGHT.
>> THEY WENT BACK TO BILL’S
WESTSIDE. SKY 4 FLEW OVER A
CRIME SCENE INVOLVING A MAN
WHO WAS SHOT BY A HOMEOWNER
DURING AN ALLEGED ATTEMPTED
ARMED ROBBERY. IT HAPPENED ON
OXBOW ROAD NEAR OR LONG ROAD.
POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING WAS
THE END OF A SERIES OF EVENTS
THAT BEGAN MORE THAN 90 MILES
AWAY AS TO WHY COUNTY WHERE A
CAR WAS REPORTED STOLEN.
POLICE SAY THE SAME CAR WAS
SPOTTED ON SPRING LAKES ROAD
IN JACKSONVILLE WHERE A JSO
OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE
DRIVER OVER.
>> THAT THAT THE SUSPECT
KICKING SOMEONE OUT OF THE
VEHICLE AND THEN FLEEING FROM
THE SCENE. THE DRIVER
REPORTEDLY SPED AWAY TO A
NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> DETECTIVES SAY THE SUSPECT
DITCHED THE STOLEN CAR IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THAT FENCE BEFORE
WALKING INTO THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THE SUSPECT ENTERED THE
GARAGE OF A PRIVATE RESIDENCE
AND POINTED THE GUN AT A
CITIZEN.
>> AND TRIED TO CARJACK HIM.
POLICE SAY THE ATTEMPTED
CARJACKING WAS UNSUCCESSFUL
AND THE ARMED MAN RAN AWAY.
THEY ALSO SAY SOMEONE FIRED A
GUN. ONCE WORD GOT OUT THAT A
SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBER WAS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SEVERAL
NEIGHBORS WENT LOOKING FOR THE
GUY HAS AIRGUN JOBS PEOPLE
GOING EVERY WHICH WAY THE
>> PRETTY MUCH SERVED HIM OUT.
YOU AND THAT’S ABOUT IT. SO
WE’RE LOOKING FOR THIS GUY?
YEAH, TRYING TO GET IS I
RESIDE.
>> BUT POLICE SAY THE MAN DID
NOT GO AWAY. INSTEAD, THEY SAY
HE RETURNED TO THE HOME WHERE
HE HAD ALREADY CONFRONTED THE
HOMEOWNER. BUT THIS TIME THE
HOMEOWNER WAS ARMED AND READY.
POLICE SAY THE HOMEOWNER
EXPRESSED FEAR.
>> TOLD HIM TO STAY AWAY. THE
SUSPECT KEPT ADVANCING TOWARDS
HIM. AND THAT’S WHEN POLICE
SAY THE HOMEOWNER SHOT THE MAN
IN THE LEG.
>> KP LANCASTER SAYS VIOLENT
CRIMES AND THIS COMMUNITY IS
ALMOST UNHEARD OF AS VERY
SHOCKING. VERY, VERY, VERY ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN IN THE
REGION. THE AREA POLICE SAY
THE DRIVER OF THIS CAR AND HIS
FEMALE PASSENGER WERE INJURED
FOLLOWING A SHOOTING IN A
CRASH.
>> IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE
DRIVER AND HIS PASSENGER
PULLED INTO A CONVENIENCE
STORE PARKING LOT ON BURT
ROAD. IT WAS BLOCKED IN BY THE
DRIVER OF ANOTHER CAR. POLICE
SAY THAT DRIVER WAS ARMED AND
WEARING A MASK FOR UNKNOWN AT
THIS TIME. THE SUSPECT.
>> FIRED MULTIPLE ROUNDS AT
THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM GOT IN
HIS CAR AND FLED UNDER THE
STRESS OF HAVING SUSTAINED A
GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS LOWER
HALF. THE VICTIM TOWARDS THAT
REDNECK SOUTH SIDE CONNECTOR
AREA WHERE HE SUBSEQUENTLY
CRASHED INTO ANOTHER CAR.
>> BOTH THE GUNSHOT VICTIM AND
HIS PASSENGER WERE TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL. DRIVER OF THE
CAR THAT CRASHED INTO
SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.
>> NOW ABOUT THE SHOOTING
INVOLVING THAT VEHICLE THAT
WAS SHOT UP. DETECTIVES HAVE
NO INFORMATION ON THE MOTIVE
FOR THE SHOOTING OR IDENTITY
OF THE SHOOTER. OF COURSE,
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS
STRONGLY URGED TO CONTACT
IMMEDIATELY FOR THAT CONTACT
JSO.
>>KENT JUSTICE: ERIK, AS FAR
AS THAT FIRST SHOOTING IS
CONCERNED, YOU MENTIONED A
WOMAN WAS KICKED OUT OF THE
STOLEN CAR THAT WAS DISCOVERED
ON THE WESTSIDE SWELLS. WHAT
WAS HER ROLE IN ALL OF THIS?
ACCORDING TO POLICE?
>> ALL THAT YOU WANTING WE
WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE ROLE
OF THE WOMAN THAT WAS KICKED
OUT? WELL, ACCORDING TO JSO,
THAT IS COOPERATING WITH
INVESTIGATORS AND THEY BELIEVE
THAT SHE HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT
VEHICLE WAS STOLEN.