JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A neighbor described what she saw after a Springfield shooting woke her up and left two women in a car critically injured on Wednesday morning.
JSO, which did not issue an alert about the shooting at the time, said officers responded at 6:18 a.m. to West 16th Street, west of North Main Street, because of a reported shooting.
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When officers arrived, they found three women: one in her 50s, one in her 30s and one in her 20s, injured.
Police said the women were driving on West 16th Street “when gunfire erupted,” hitting the car and two of the women inside. The third woman suffered injuries but was not hit by the gunfire, police said.
“The gunshots woke me up around 6:15. When I got to the door, I saw the parked car, and I saw a caucasian lady coming around, because she came and she sat down inside the back seat of the car, and then I heard somebody say, ‘Girl, you’ve been shot in your back three times.’ The driver had been shot multiple times, and the woman in the back seat had been shot too,” the neighbor said.
The two women who were struck by the gunfire were taken to the hospital by paramedics with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and were listed as critical but stable.
“My mind said fire crackers, but then the way they were coming so frequently, I said, ‘oh somebody done shot a gun,’” she said. “I’m glad it wasn’t me and no one else got hurt.”
JSO did not indicate which of the women were the two hit by gunfire.
JSO did not have any information about the possible shooter and said the community’s assistance is critical in this investigation.
Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500, email JSOCRIMETIPS@JAXSHERIFF.ORG, or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.