Staff, parents rushed to protect children at Gyminators as bullets flew in strip mall parking lot

A violent robbery witnessed by multiple children in Jacksonville’s Lakeshore neighborhood sent two men to the hospital and forced nearby businesses — including a kids’ gymnastics meet — to shut down in the middle of the day. Police said a store clerk in his early 20s ran outside of the Blaze smoke shop after someone tried to steal from the store around 12:45 p.m. Saturday, but then he was confronted by a man who started shooting at him. Reporter Aleesia Hatcher has the latest.