Shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, Leaves Multiple People and the Shooter Dead, Officials Say

Shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, Leaves Multiple People and the Shooter Dead, Officials Say
Police cars on the site of a shooting in Jacksonville, Fla., on Aug. 26, 2023, in a still from video. AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store, the city’s mayor has told a television station. A city council member says the shooter is dead.

Mayor Donna Deegan told WJXT “there are a number of fatalities” inside the store but didn’t give a precise number. Numerous police officers were in the area near Edward Waters University, a small historically black university.