JSO says between 5:45 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Thursday, officers responded to the 1800 block of Walnut Street and upon arrival, they found the boy was shot in the back.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 14-year-old boy is recovering at a local hospital after he was shot in the Springfield area of Jacksonville Thursday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
JSO's Sergeant Dukes says between 5:45 a.m. and 6 a.m., officers responded to the 1800 block of Walnut Street and upon arrival, they found the unidentified teenage boy suffering from a single gunshot wound to the back. Police say the boy was taken to the hospital in non-life-threatening condition. Dukes says around the same time the incident occurred, JSO was notified of"multiple auto burglaries that have happened in the same area." She says the sheriff's office is investigating to see if these two incidents are related to each other or not.
Dukes says JSO detectives are collecting and preserving evidence at the scene, interviewing potential witnesses and canvassing the area to collect possible video surveillance footage of the incident.Anyone with information related to the incident, is asked to call JSO's non-emergency number at 904-630-0500 or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.WTLV would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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