JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — As shots rang out and sirens wailed in River City Landing Apartments on Sunday night, Samuel Carpenter said his first thoughts were of his siblings.
“Get down on the floor,” Carpenter said he told them. “Don’t get up until I say.”
One died, and the other was hospitalized with life threatening injuries.
The apartments are right by Jacksonville University in Arlington, on University Boulevard North.
When the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office got there, officers said they found a vehicle in the middle of the road with two people inside.
JSO said it believes the vehicle was inside the apartment complex when the pair was shot.
“It’s the norm, really,” said Carpenter. “Locking the gates, maybe that would help.”
On Monday, the apartment’s front gates were open and the guardhouse arms were up.
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Action News Jax called the complex’s front office and asked about the gates and arms.
The woman who answered the phone hung up on our questions twice.
Anyone with information can call the JSO non-emergency number at 904-630-0500 or First Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.
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