Woman found shot dead, man wounded in Southside office complex parking lot

jacksonville, florida – According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, no suspects are believed to have been identified after a man and a woman were found suffering from gunshot wounds in the parking lot of an office building on the South Side on Thursday afternoon. ing.

Cayenne of the Sergeant’s Sheriff’s Office said officers who were entering unrelated reports in the area heard multiple gunshots along the Gate Parkway at about 2:11 p.m. Those officers responded quickly, Cayenne said, finding a man and a woman lying in the grass.

Both were taken to hospital for treatment, but the woman died from her injuries.

Cayenne said investigators are working to identify the man and woman and are talking to people working nearby to determine if anyone witnessed what happened. He advised anyone with information to contact the sheriff’s office.

“We haven’t positively identified these individuals, so we don’t know the relationship,” Cayenne said. I just saw it, heard a gunshot, and the police responded.”

Irvin Batten said he was landscaping outside when the shooting happened. He said he saw a man and a woman talking for quite some time.

“It went by in the blink of an eye,” Batten explained.

“Before I heard the gunshot, I turned around and heard something like a muffled scream. .

Batten then says he saw a man standing over a woman with what appeared to be a gun.

The sergeant said the weapon was recovered from the scene.