JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A person’s body was found in a burning car in a grocery store parking lot Tuesday morning in Arlington, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.
Police later said the incident is being investigated as a suicide.
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News4JAX crews saw bomb squad personnel on the scene using two robots to remove items from the car.
Firefighters responded to the car fire a little before 7 a.m. at the Winn Dixie parking lot on Monument Road. JFRD says as they were putting out the flames, they saw the body in the car.
La Vern Wilson described to News4JAX what she saw Tuesday before firefighters arrived.
“I heard this big boom and when I looked up -- it was a big fire and flames and black smoke,” Wilson said. “The fire was so high and it was black smoke and when I saw the body in there ... it was just really scary. I just couldn’t believe that would happen, especially in this neighborhood.”
The state fire marshal was called.
Monument Road is shut down from St. Johns Bluff Road to Brookwood Forest Boulevard while police investigate.