JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a teenage boy was shot in the Grand Park area Saturday night. The boy was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover from his wounds.
There are bullet holes in the window and on the front and side of the home.
JSO said someone fired multiple rounds into the house while several people were inside Saturday night. That’s when the teenage boy was shot.
Neighbors said they heard the gunfire just before 9 p.m. Saturday almost nonstop.
One neighbor said they didn’t know the shots were so close until they saw the police arrive on the scene.
Neighbors who live on Doby Street say it’s usually fairly quiet there and a lot of elderly residents live nearby.
According to the JSO crime map, there have been four burglaries, three battery incidents and one aggravated assault incident in the Grand Park area over the past four weeks
But in the past six months, JSO shows nearly 230 crimes reported within a half-mile of the home including arson, assault, burglary, disturbing the peace, drugs and alcohol violations, DUI, fraud, sex crimes and more.
JSO has not announced any arrests in the case. Anyone with information about who may have shot the teenage boy in the home is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS (8477).