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‘12-15 shots’: 911 calls released after gun violence shakes Jacksonville Beach bar district on holiday
Read full article: ‘12-15 shots’: 911 calls released after gun violence shakes Jacksonville Beach bar district on holidayJust days after gun violence disrupted the St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Sunday night, the Jacksonville Beach Police Department released the 911 calls it received for the three unrelated shootings at the beach’s downtown bar district.
House fire highlights 911 issues; JSO pulling officers from the street to fill in as emergency dispatchers
Read full article: House fire highlights 911 issues; JSO pulling officers from the street to fill in as emergency dispatchersA house fire on the Northside is drawing attention to a shortage of emergency dispatchers in Jacksonville.
Naval Station Mayport holds 9/11 ceremony in honor of the 3,000 killed during terrorist attacks
Read full article: Naval Station Mayport holds 9/11 ceremony in honor of the 3,000 killed during terrorist attacksThe base staged fire trucks and police vehicles in front of base headquarters and raised the American flag at 8 a.m.
Arrest report: Woman’s body was found in deep freezer of Westside Jacksonville home
Read full article: Arrest report: Woman’s body was found in deep freezer of Westside Jacksonville homeAn arrest report obtained Wednesday by News4JAX reveals new information in the death investigation of a woman on Jacksonville’s Westside.
Shots fired in Northwest Jacksonville leave man dead in yard, 2 more injured
Read full article: Shots fired in Northwest Jacksonville leave man dead in yard, 2 more injuredA man died Friday night and two more took themselves to a hospital after an argument led to gunshots in a Harborview neighborhood.
Sports world mourns death of John Thompson, but if not for fate, he would’ve likely died in Sept. 11 attacks
Read full article: Sports world mourns death of John Thompson, but if not for fate, he would’ve likely died in Sept. 11 attacksBut while the world is sad over Thompson’s passing, he at least had 19 more years of living after nearly dying during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But Rome’s producer, Danny Schwartz, asked that he fly out a day later to accommodate the show’s schedule. Thompson told Schwartz that wouldn’t work and he was unhappy at the suggestion, but after Schwartz insisted, Thompson changed his flight. Ten years after that day, Thompson went on Rome’s radio show to reminisce, starting with a message Thompson’s assistant relayed to him. “Let me tell you something, if you’re ever in Washington, D.C., you look me up,” Thompson told Schwartz.