JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man in his 20s was injured in what police said appears to be a drive-up ambush shooting near the UNF campus, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
JSO said the victim was driving near Central Parkway and Beach Boulevard around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday when a blue Honda hatchback pulled up next to him while he was stopped in traffic.
Two suspects inside the blue Honda then fired multiple shots into the victim’s vehicle and the man was hit multiple times in the chest, JSO said.
JSO said the victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
JSO said it believes the victim was targeted.
“It wasn’t like a road rage incident or anything like that. This appears to be a planned incident,” a JSO spokesman said.
UNF put out a campus-wide alert that the only suspect information available is that two masked individuals were seen fleeing the area east on Beach Boulevard in a dark blue older model Honda hatchback with grey rims and dark tinted windows.
It’s unclear if the victim is a student at UNF.
JSO said a nearby car and business were hit by bullets but no one else was hurt.
If anyone has any information regarding this crime or a suspect, please contact the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500.