{"id":2013265,"date":"2023-08-26T19:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T23:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-multiple-people-and-the-shooter-dead-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T19:52:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T23:52:43","slug":"shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-multiple-people-and-the-shooter-dead-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-multiple-people-and-the-shooter-dead-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple fatalities reported in shooting incident in Jacksonville, Florida."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-multiple-people-and-the-shooter-dead-officials-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Multiple Fatalities in Shooting \u2062at Jacksonville Dollar General Store<\/h2>\n<p>In a tragic incident that unfolded\u200c on \u200dSaturday, multiple\u2063 people were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/21-shot-during-weekend-in-mayor-lori-lightfoots-chicago\/\" title=\"21 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Chicago\">fatally shot inside<\/a> a Dollar General store in\u2063 Jacksonville, \u200cFlorida. The city&#8217;s mayor, Donna Deegan, confirmed the devastating \u2063news\u2063 in an interview with WJXT. \u2062While the exact number\u2063 of casualties is yet to be\u200d determined, Mayor Deegan expressed her\u200d deep concern over the rising number of mass shootings, stating, &#8220;One shooting is too \u2062much, but \u200cthese mass shootings are \u200creally hard \u200cto take.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>City Council Member \u2063Confirms Shooter&#8217;s Death<\/h3>\n<p>Jacksonville \u200bCity Council \u200bmember Ju&#8217;Coby Pittman\u200b also revealed that the \u2063shooter has been\u2062 pronounced\u2064 dead. However, no \u2062further details were\u200d provided at \u2064the \u200btime.<\/p>\n<h3>Edward Waters University on High Alert<\/h3>\n<p>Edward Waters University, \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-multiple-people-and-the-shooter-dead-officials-say\/\" title=\"Multiple fatalities reported in shooting incident in Jacksonville, Florida.\">historically black university\u200b located \u2062nearby<\/a>, took \u200cimmediate action to ensure the\u2064 safety\u2062 of its students. According to the university&#8217;s \u200bstatement, all students were\u2063 instructed to remain \u200din their\u200b dormitories. Fortunately, no students or \u200bfaculty members are believed to \u2063be involved in \u2063the\u200c incident.<\/p>\n<h3>Community in Shock and Fear<\/h3>\n<p>The local community is grappling with a mix of emotions following the shooting. Penny Jones, \u200ba former employee of the \u2063Dollar General store, \u2063expressed her concern for her former colleagues and the safety of the neighborhood. She shared her feelings of confusion, fear, and reluctance to leave her house, questioning the cause of \u2062such incidents\u200b and worrying \u200babout their frequency.<\/p>\n<h3>Press Conference and\u2064 Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>Authorities in Jacksonville, including the city and the Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s\u2064 Office,\u2063 will hold \u2063a\u2064 press\u200c conference to provide further details about the shooting. As of now, no additional information has been made available.<\/p>\n<h3>Tragic\u2064 Anniversary<\/h3>\n<p>It is a somber coincidence that\u200d this shooting occurred exactly \u2063five years \u2062after a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seal-sets-dem-reverend-straight-after-he-mocked-armed-churchgoers\/\" title=\"Former SEAL Sets Dem Reverend Straight After He Mocked Armed Churchgoers\">gunman opened fire<\/a> during a video game tournament\u2064 in Jacksonville, resulting \u200cin \u2062the deaths of\u2063 two individuals before the shooter took his own \u200dlife.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/chicago-police-are-investigating-a-shooting-at-a-white-sox-game-at-guaranteed-rate-field-5481097\">Chicago Police Are Investigating a Shooting \u200cat a \u2062White Sox Game at Guaranteed Rate Field<\/a><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/26\/2023<\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sports\/collin-morikawa-shoots-61-to-go-from-9-shots-behind-to-3-way-tie-for-tour-championship-lead-5480738\">Collin Morikawa Shoots 61 \u200dto Go From \u20649 Shots\u2062 Behind to 3-way Tie for Tour Championship Lead<\/a><br \/>\n            <br \/>\n            <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/25\/2023<\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville, Fla. &#8211; Several individuals were tragically shot inside a Dollar General store on Saturday. The city&#8217;s mayor confirmed the incident, stating that there are multiple fatalities. The shooter has been reported dead by a city council member. Law enforcement presence at the scene is significant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2013266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}