{"id":35086,"date":"2023-08-26T20:20:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T00:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=35086"},"modified":"2023-08-26T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T00:21:00","slug":"four-people-dead-in-dollar-general-shooting-in-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/08\/26\/four-people-dead-in-dollar-general-shooting-in-jacksonville\/","title":{"rendered":"Four people dead in Dollar General shooting in Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, left four people dead on Saturday, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/70692078007-jki-082623-hsfb-kings-road-8.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35087\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jacksonville Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan told News4JAX a man had barricaded himself in Dollar General on Kings Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacksonville Council Member Ju&#8217;Coby Pittman, who described the incident as a tragedy, said she understood that the suspect was killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Donna Deegan told WJXT \u201cthere are a number of fatalities\u201d inside the store but didn\u2019t give a precise number. Numerous police officers are in the area near Edward Waters University, a small historically Black university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is unacceptable,\u201d Deegan told the station. \u201cOne shooting is too much but these mass shootings are really hard to take.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"559\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jacksonville-shooting-01-ht-jt-230826_1693081751966_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jacksonville-shooting-01-ht-jt-230826_1693081751966_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg 992w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jacksonville-shooting-01-ht-jt-230826_1693081751966_hpMain_16x9_992-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/jacksonville-shooting-01-ht-jt-230826_1693081751966_hpMain_16x9_992-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edward Waters University students are being kept in their dorms, the school said in a statement. No students or faculty are believed involved, the school said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, left four people dead on Saturday, Fox News reported. 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