>> AND TODAY HIS SON AT A FAMILY FRIENDLY YOUTH FOOTBALL GAME IN ARLINGTON, THE GUNSHOTS
CAPTURED ON VIDEO.
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♪
♪ ♪ >> AND SOMEBODY IS SHOOTING.
>> YOU CAN SEE FOOTBALL PLAYERS
HIT THE GROUND TO AVOID THE
GUNFIRE.
♪
TODAY MAYOR LENNY CURRY CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE CALLING IT SENSELESS AND SAYING IT WILL
NOT BE TOLERATED. THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
OUTSIDE THE ARLINGTON ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION THAT’S NEXT TO
ARLINGTON
HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.
>> NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER MARILYN
PARKER SPEAKING TO PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE
SHOOTING BUT WE START WITH
PICNIC
A LUCCI WHO JOINS US LIVE
POLICE ARE NOW SAYING THIS
♪
WAS TARGETED. WHAT’S REALLY
TROUBLING THERE’S BEEN NO ONE
ARRESTED YET.
>> NO ARRESTS YET WE HAVE SEEN DETECTIVES THROUGHOUT THE AREA LOOKING FOR MORE EVIDENCE AND
TRYING
TO SPEAK WITH WITNESSES THERE
WERE A LOT OF BYSTANDERS.
LET ME PAINT THE PICTURE HERE.
THIS IS THE ROAD WHERE IT
HAPPENED JUST A COUPLE YARDS
AWAY FROM ME.
RIGHT OVER THERE IS ARLINGTON
HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AND WE’RE GOING TO FLIP YOU
BACK THIS WAY TO SHOW YOU WHERE
ALL THE ACTION WAS I SPOKE WITH
THE MAN WHO MANAGES THIS PARK.
HE SAYS WHEN THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED THE
2 TEAMS. WE’RE ON THE 7 YARD
LINE RIGHT THERE AND YOU HAD
BYSTANDERS ON EACH SIDE OF THE
FIELD. THANKFULLY MORE PEOPLE
WEREN’T HIT.
>> I ANTICIPATE AGAIN BE A KIDS
FOOTBALL GAME RUINED BY GUNFIRE
OUT OF THEM. AND SOMEBODY
IS SHOOTING. YOU CAN HEAR 4
SHOTS ON THIS COACHES
LIVE STREAM THE CHILDREN LAYING
DOWN ON THE GROUND TO
STAY SAFE. THIS SHOOTING JUST
YARDS AWAY FROM THE TEAMS AND
SPECTATORS SOME WHO SAW HIM AND
IN HIS SON, A SHOT ON
THE ROAD JUST OUTSIDE THE
FENCE.
♪
FENCE. ♪ ♪
ONE MAN WHO ASKED US NOT TO SHOW HIS FACE SAYS HIS 22 YEAR-OLD NEPHEW TRIED TO SAVE
THE FATHER, USING HIS FIRST AID
SKILLS. HE LEARNED WHAT DID
HE DO.
>> SHE APPLIED PRESSURE TO
SHOW.
>> BUT THE MAN DIED THE 7
YEAR-OLD BELIEVED TO BE HIS SON
WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL HE’S
EXPECTED
TO SURVIVE.
>> POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO
TRACK DOWN
THE SHOOTER.
>> WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A
BLACK MALE SUSPECT WITH THE
GRAY HOODIE AND A MASK EXITED
THE REAR OF
THE SUV AND BEGAN TO SHOOT IN
THE DIRECTION OF THE VICTIMS
WHEN THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED
WITNESSES SAY THE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE HERE.
>> SCATTERED THEY WERE RUNNING
FOR THEIR LIVES AS WELL AS THE
SAFETY OF THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S LEFT
BEHIND. IT’S AN EERIE SIGHT.
FOOD COOLERS SPORTS DRINKS,
EVEN THIS FOOTBALL. SUSPENDED
IN THE FIELD SHOWING
A GAME THAT WENT
TERRIBLY WRONG.
>> THIS WAS THE LATEST IN A
VIOLENT FOR THIS ARLINGTON
COMMUNITY, 5 PEOPLE SHOT IN 4
SEPARATE SHOOTINGS, 3 DEAD.
ALL WITHIN A FEW MILES OF EACH
OTHER.
AND WE GOT THIS STATEMENT FROM JACKSONVILLE MAYOR LENNY CURRY HE SAYS
IN PART. THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE
THAT OCCURRED IN JACKSONVILLE,
THIS WEEKEND WILL NOT
BE TOLERATED TO THE VICTIMS AND
THEIR FAMILIES I EXTEND MY
DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE 7
YEAR-OLD SHOT AT THE ARLINGTON
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. MY FAMILY
AND I ARE PRAYING FOR YOUR FULL
RECOVERY AS A FATHER AND A
FORMER COACH OF YOUTH ATHLETES.
THIS SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE
IS PARTICULARLY DISTRESSING HE
WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE HAS
FUNDED AND WE’LL CONTINUE
TO FUND JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOES NOT
HAPPENED AGAIN. WE’RE LIVE IN
ARLINGTON VIC MICOLUCCI CHANNEL
4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>TARIK MINOR: A SURVEY BACK TO
THE INVESTIGATION AND THE
EVIDENCE SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT WHAT POLICE HAVE TO GO ON
RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF WITNESSES HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE, BUT THERE
ARE CARS IN THE AREA.
SO THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE
THAT POTENTIALLY SAW IT,
HOWEVER DETECTIVES HOPE THAT
WHOEVER DOES KNOW SOMETHING
COMES FORWARD. THEY ARE ALSO
LOOKING FOR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
THERE ARE CAMERAS ON THIS
BUILDING BUT A MANAGER
TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT
APPEAR TO BE WORKING BECAUSE OF
A RECENT RENOVATION WHERE THE
WIRING WAS NOT UP TO SPEED SO
IF YOU LIVE AROUND HERE IF YOU
HAVE A BUSINESS AROUND HERE.
POLICE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO
CHECK YOUR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
TO LOOK AT YOUR SECURITY
SYSTEMS AND SEE IF MAYBE YOU
GOT VIDEO OR PICTURES OF THAT
SUSPECT AND THAT SILVER