in the last few hours news for Jax has
learned the names of the three teen boys
killed in a drive-by shooting on the
south side these are two of their
pictures
a fourth young man is in serious
condition police are telling us that
someone pulled up to their car in town
centre Parkway and started firing and in
the last 45 minutes news for Jax spoke
with Sheriff Mike Williams who says two
of the men killed were gang members
these are pictures of two of the three
who lost their lives they are 18
year-old Trayvon Bullard and 19 year-old
Jacobi groover we know 18 year old Roy
al Smith was also killed but we do not
have his picture police say the shooting
stems from an ongoing dispute between
two groups not a random act of violence
obviously and again it's it's about you
know encouraging young people to do the
right thing and make sure you're engaged
with the right people and you're hanging
around the right people and it's a it's
a tragedy you know but one that could
have been aborted well we have several
crews covering this developing story we
begin with news for Jax reporter Janice
Harris who's live on the scene who has
been learning more about the victims
Jenice understand you talked with a
neighbor who says groover was a good kid
with a promising life ahead of him
yes that neighbor tummy guru was a very
good kid you know and I'm standing just
a couple of feet away from where that
shooting happened were young men only 18
and 19 years old lost their lives police
lights flashed into the night as
investigators work to piece together the
moments before four young men were shot
at this intersection at town centre
Parkway late Tuesday night 18 year-old
Trayvon Bullard 18 year old royal Devon
Smith his photo is not shown here and 19
year old jerko be groover shot and
killed a fourth man is in serious
condition at the hospital groover was a
star football player at university
christian and lee high school we talked
with a former neighbor who described him
as an awesome sweet kid
he was always outside with his friends
talking you know just normal sweet
people very shocking I never saw
anything that would give me any
indication that he was into anything
Shady always very sweet polite
well-mannered the whole family family
and friends are speaking out about
groovers killing on Facebook saying rest
in heaven
still can't believe you're gone no not
Kobe before the men were killed a video
shows them celebrating a friend's
birthday police blamed the shootings on
an ongoing dispute between two groups
and no arrests have been made according
to groovers cousin he had plans of
playing football this fall now police
say that there were several people in
this area during that shooting that
would have sought something they are
pleading with the community to please
call and talk to police live on Town
Center Parkway Jenice Harris channel 4
the local station Thank You G so people
who live at nearby or telling us that
they're surprised by the deadly shooting
in an area of town with low crime
according to Jaso scry map there have
been very few crimes reported within
half a mile of the shooting over the
last six months
most of the reported crimes are thefts
at the town center News 4 jacks reporter
Christopher ento continuing our coverage
tonight with what people in the area are
saying about the killings Chris ken two
of the words that I heard use the most
today were shocking and frightening
people say that they're not used to
seeing what they saw on the news and
even those that were driving by last
night what they saw of police lights
flashing this area where I am it's just
a few hundred feet from where that
shooting happened last night and tens of
thousands of people drive through this
area every day some that I talked to say
that last night's shooting will make
them more aware of what's going on
around them no matter where they are a
small piece of crime scene tape on this
pole is one of the only remaining
reminders of last night's shooting as
people drive along town centre Parkway
towards 295 and the University of North
Florida just surprising because it's
such a busy area and so many people
around her all the time so I'm just
surprised to hear it I was just really
glad that my store was closed and that
none of my friends were we're working
nearby and that a lot of the area the
stores were closed at that time so that
was good this afternoon I checked with
Baptist emergency center and the gate
gas station both just a couple hundred
feet from where the shootings happened
to see whether surveillance cameras
recorded any of the incident both told
me any video would have been turned over
to investigators and would have to be
released by them last night the Baptist
er was put on a brief lockdown because
of the shooting it was back fully
operational
shortly after Daniel loose kind of quiet
know who is around really I have a Keith
and you never know what happens anytime
we're at her all the time so you know
it's good to see that kind of thing here
at the town center with so many people
coming to this area regularly many told
me they still feel safe here but will be
relieved once someone is arrested just a
few hundred feet past where this
shooting happened in the other direction
is the University of North Florida the
school put out an alert to students last
night letting them know what had
happened but also telling them that it
was not related to the campus Jaso
reiterated that and also said that this
was not a random incident rather than it
was an ongoing dispute again between two
different groups live tonight I'm Chris
paronto channel 4 the local station