JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A gas station clerk was shot in the neck at Central Parkway and St. Johns Bluff Road early Thursday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
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JSO said at around 5:30 a.m., officers responded to the 3600 block of St. Johns Bluff Road South and found a man in his 40s with a single gunshot to his neck. He was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Investigators said the man was working at the gas station when the suspect walked in, pointed a gun at him and “made a demand.” JSO said he shot the clerk and fled the area on foot.
The suspect is described as a 5′6″ to 5′9″ man wearing all black with a mask and a backpack with white shoes.
According to a JSO crime map, the St. Johns Bluff gas station only showed one stolen property offense in the past year, but no reported crime incidents in the last two years.
A resident at a nearby apartment who would frequent the convenience store knew the clerk and his family.
“I stop by and holla at ‘em and get a cold drink or something, all the time,” the resident said. ”Their daughter was nice, their son was nice, the wife - all of them was very nice."
This is not the same gas station near the Avenues Mall where a man was fatally shot in the head on Wednesday night.
A Circle K representative reached out to News4JAX to clarify this is no longer a Circle K gas station and it was sold in 2024.
Anyone with information is asked to call JSO at 904-630-0500 or email jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org or call CrimeStoppers at 866-845-TIPS.