A violent weekend saw six people wounded late Saturday to early Monday in five separate shootings, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff s Office.
The shootings also were followed by the 10 a.m. report of a death discovered within walking distance of the Sheriff s Office s Zone 3 substation. A man s body was found outside a Knights Inn room at 8285 Dix Ellis Trail by a passerby, police said. No cause was released, but police said there are indications of foul play.
• The latest shooting was reported about 10:40 a.m. Monday at The Forest apartment complex in the 5400 block of West Norde Drive, Lt. Beau Bottin said. A man in his early 20s was found with at least one gunshot wound and is hospitalized, but not life threatening, Bottin said. Parts of this scene took place inside one of the apartments, but it is unknown where the victim was shot, he said. It is also possible that the suspect and victim knew each other.
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Pittsburgh police responding to a Shotspotter alert in the 300 block of Flowers Avenue in Hazelwood on Wednesday night were stopped on the way by a vehicle carrying two people suffering from gunshot wounds, according to authorities.
Officers from the city’s Zone 4 station were alerted to the gunfire shortly before 8:40 p.m. While traveling to the scene, a vehicle pulled in front of them at the intersection of Blair and Eliza streets, according to a police spokeswoman.
Officers removed a female from the car who had been shot in the shoulder. They performed CPR until medics transported her to a local hospital in critical condition.