Jacksonville Beach police initially warned of an active shooter on Sunday evening, but later determined three shootings -- that left one person dead and two others hospitalized -- were unrelated.
Police in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, responded to a string of shootings on Sunday evening that left one person dead and two others hospitalized, initially prompting a shelter-in-place alert for area residents. Multiple suspected shooters remained on the loose as of early Monday, Jacksonville Beach police told local outlet Action News Jax.A shelter-in-place was ordered by police initially, but the Jacksonville Beach Police Department later lifted the order just before 11 p.m.
Police on Monday said a large group of as many as 250 to 400 juveniles had gathered under the pier there as some engaged in boxing matches. The first shooting took place when officers began to break up the crowd around 7:50 p.m. Two men fired at each other; both were wounded. A bystander was also hit.Just after 8 p.m., a male running by a bar in the downtown bar area fired a pistol and ran away.
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