JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Monday announced the arrests of four people accused of various gun crimes.
Waters said on Jan. 29 JSO officers were trying to track down a Jacksonville teen who was accused of possession of a firearm by a juvenile delinquent.
Water said that when officers found the teen, who missed a court date, he was at a house in Jacksonville Beach with two men who also had arrest warrants.
A total of four arrests were made for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm by a juvenile delinquent.
After getting a search warrant, Waters said detectives found a total of 10 guns, one of which was stolen.
According to this arrest report, JSO’s Community Response Team was monitoring the teen’s public Instagram account. Last month, he started a live Instagram video.
The live video captured two other suspects and also showed a miniature putting green, a hammock and a jacuzzi.
Detectives used the law enforcement database to locate the house, an Airbnb. They matched the photos on the website to what was in the Instagram live.
Detectives went to the house and multiple people were there.
Waters said one of the guns was used in a shooting in 2021, but he didn’t say which one.
“Like we always say, guns that are found in this position like this, are crime guns. They are used to terrorize members of our community,” Waters said.
According to News4JAX records, in the first two weeks of January, 20 people were shot and 10 of them were killed.
As January went on the shootings decreased and there were 10 in the last two weeks of the month with three killed. And in the first two weeks of February, only nine people have been shot, three killed.
News4JAX asked JSO if their operations like this one are helping reduce the number of shootings in recent weeks.
“Can’t speak to if these are helping reduce shootings in recent weeks. It’s a complicated question. It is preventing crimes, any time you take guns off the streets,” JSO said.