JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a man in his 20s was shot to death late Sunday afternoon on East 27th Street in the city’s Eastside - the third victim of deadly shootings this Halloween weekend.
All of the fatal shootings occurred on Sunday, beginning in the early-morning hours and continuing with the latest for which police were called about 5:30 p.m.
At a news briefing, police said they were still searching for a suspect in the Eastside shooting initially reported as a domestic incident, police said.
Police said they were working to gather evidence, uincluding obtaining video and speaking with witnesses.
Responders provided medical care, but the man later died from his injuries, police said.
The Eastside shooting was the fourth briefing police held with the media on Sunday of what has turned out to be a violent and deadly Halloween weekend.
Less than an hour earlier, police spoke with reporters about an officer-involved shooting at an apartment complex near Jacksonville International Airport. The man shot by police at Levi at River City Apartments in North Jacksonville sustained what was described by police as “life-threatening” injuriees.
Earlier in the day, police released information at individual news conferences about separate deadly shootings at Halloween parties early Sunday morning in Arlington and in Durkeeville.
In the Arlington shooting, a 17-year-old girl was killed, and two other people were shot and taken to the hospital.
In the Durkeeville shooting, a 20-year-old man found by officers with gunshot wounds later died at the hospital. A 15-year-old girl was among those injured; another victim was in life-threatening condition; and seven other victims were reported to be in stable condition.
Check back with Action News Jax for details of all the violence over Halloween weekend.
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