JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was hospitalized in life-threatening condition after a shooting early Sunday morning at an apartment complex in Arlington, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
After a neighbor called 911, the Sheriff’s Office said, police responded about 12:30 a.m. to an apartment complex on University Boulevard North, across the street from the Jacksonville University campus, and found a 25-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said he was taken to a hospital in life-threatening condition.
The Sheriff’s Office said the man was conscious but he could not give any information about the shooter. Police said they are unsure if the man lived at the complex.
LIVE @ 7 — A 25-year-old man is fighting for his life in the hospital after he was shot multiple times @ University Place Apartments across from Jacksonville University. Police say suspect is at large. https://t.co/DmOPDi8EE3 @wjxt4 pic.twitter.com/cwJpH9gmm7
— Brittany Muller (@BrittMullerNews) June 20, 2021
Detectives and officers were trying to do a canvass to locate witnesses.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call JSO at 904-630-0500 or jsocrimetips@jaxsheriff.org.