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Dollar General Store
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A shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, left four people dead on Saturday.
The man suspected of killing numerous people in a shooting at a store that prompted heavy police and SWAT response on Kings Road was seen on Edward Waters University’s (EWU) campus moments before gunfire erupted.
Mayor Donna Deegan told WJXT “there are a number of fatalities” inside the store but didn’t give a precise number. Numerous police officers were in the area near Edward Waters University, a small historically Black university.
According to multiple sources, around 12:45 p.m. a suspicious man, who is said to be the shooter, was seen at EWU. The alleged man went behind the EWU library after being spotted putting on a ballistics vest, sources said.
EWU officials sent out an alert to students about the situation as they were told to remain in their residence halls until the scene was cleared.
Sources also said the suspected shooter’s parents contacted the Clay County Sheriff’s Office after they told deputies found a manifesto.
Mayor Deegan was spotted at the scene talking with officials and District 13 State Representative Angie Nixon, who represents the neighborhood.
Jacksonville Council Member Ju’Coby Pittman, who described the incident as a tragedy, said she understood that the suspect was killed, according to Reuters,
“The people in this community, they’re hurting and they have every right to. You know, this makes no sense. I am very, very angry right now,” Pittman told reporters at the scene.
The shooting happened five years to the day when a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in Jacksonville, killing two people before fatally shooting himself.
This is a developing story.
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