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U.S. NEWS Monday 22 october 2018
6 shot on street near north Fla.

stadium before NFL game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Lendvay told reporters that shots were fired.
— Six people have been a shooter fired from the Some said it was a series of
wounded in a street shoot- passenger side of a gray, shots.
ing blocks from the Florida four-door sedan driven by “We were over there talk-
stadium where the NFL’s a companion and that the ing and suddenly, it was like
Houston Texans played victims were hit outside on ten gunshots. We ran and
and defeated the Jack- the sidewalk near a laun- went for cover and then I
sonville Jaguars on Sunday dromat. He said the car saw the police, and peo-
afternoon, authorities said. immediately drove off and ple were crowding down Jacksonville Fire and Rescue personnel use chemicals and hos-
Ron Lendvay, director of that detectives had been there,” a woman identified es to clean the blood outside the Maytag Coin Laundry on A
investigations for the Jack- checking surveillance vid- as Yvonne Lee told News- Philip Randolph Boulevard, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, in Jackson-
sonville Sheriff’s Office, eo in hopes of identifying 4Jax. ville, Fla., after a street shooting earlier in the day, several blocks
away from TIAA Bank Field where the Jacksonville Jaguars and
said several shots rang out the vehicle and those in- An update on the con- Houston Texans played an NFL football game.
about 12:35 p.m. Sunday volved. ditions of the wounded Associated Press
on a boulevard in the stadi- “There were at least two wasn’t immediately avail-
um’s general area and that people in the car,” Lend- able late Sunday and they were rushed by paramed- among the wounded, not-
five men and one woman vay said. He added that were not identified by ics for emergency care ing none could be imme-
were hit by gunfire. All were investigators didn’t know if name. and the sixth by private ve- diately interviewed though
rushed to hospitals, and the any others were in the car “A couple of them were in hicle. authorities hoped to do so
sheriff’s office tweeted that and he didn’t rule out the very serious condition on He said authorities have later.
three of the victims were in possibility of other shooters their arrival at the hospital,” been unable to immedi- “It’s hard to say if they are
critical condition. The vic- elsewhere. Lendvay said. He added ately determine whether all associated or not,” he
tims ranged in age from “This may be gang-related that five of the wounded there was any relationship added.q
their 20s to the 70s, accord- based on information ob-
ing to Lendvay. tained in the early stages of
The shooting broke out be- the investigation,” he told
fore the scheduled 1 p.m. reporters Sunday, declining
start of play. Lendvay re- to elaborate.
ported no link to the game, Some fans told local broad-
which went on without inci- cast outlet New4Jax that
dent, and said investigators they heard shots as they
were investigating whether headed to the stadium.
it was gang-related. “We had just parked our
The Texans won their fourth cars,” Vanessa Holmes told
consecutive game Sunday, the new outlet, adding she
defeating the Jaguars 20-7 and some family members
to take a one-game lead were walking when it hap-
in the AFC South at the sta- pened. “We heard the
dium, TIAA Bank Field. shots. We didn’t know if we
Local media reports cited should fall to the ground.
authorities as saying the We didn’t know what to
shooting had had no im- do,” she said.
pact on game day ac- Others told the broadcast
tivities though some fans outlet that they saw peo-
headed to the game re- ple running out of the coin
ported hearing the gunfire. laundry business when the