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Police: 6 people shot, 3 critically, near Jacksonville Jaguars stadium

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk and Bob D'Angelo
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk and Bob D'Angelo

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Six people were shot -- three critically -- near the football stadium where the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars play, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Sunday.

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The shooting happened “outside the stadium footprint” while a game was underway, but did not impact the football game, authorities said.

Update 5:40 p.m. EDT Oct. 21: Jacksonville police released a photo of the vehicle used in the drive-by shooting Sunday that injured six people, three of them critically.

Investigators believe the suspects were driving a silver gray four-door sedan, and that the victims were intentionally targeted.

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Update 3:31 p.m. EDT Oct. 21:

The shooting occurred on a sidewalk at 12:35 p.m., a spokesman for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said at a news conference Sunday. The victims -- five men, one woman -- ranged in ages from “their 20s to 70s,” the spokesman said. The vehicle carrying the suspect or suspects was a silver gray sedan and possibly a Nissan Altima or Maxima, the Sheriff’s Office spokesman said.

Authorities said the shots appeared to come from the passenger’s side of the vehicle. The spokesman said the shooting could be gang-related.

Update 3:28 p.m. EDT Oct. 21: The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said that six adults were shot, with three people in critical condition. The Sheriff’s Office said the suspect was driving a gray-silver four-door vehicle.

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Six people were shot -- three critically -- near the football stadium where the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars play, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said Sunday.

The Jaguars are hosting the Houston Texans at TIAA Bank Field. The location of shooting is “outside the stadium footprint” and has not impacted the football game so far, authorities said.

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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is working a multiple shooting near the football stadium where the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars play, authorities said.

Six adults were shot and three of them are in critical condition, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

There are currently no suspects in custody, but they are searching for a grey/silver four-door vehicle police said.

 

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