Jacksonville's mayor says multiple people have been fatally shot inside a Dollar General store in the city
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."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.
Jacksonville City Council member Ju'Coby Pittman told the station the shooter is dead. She did not give details.Edward Waters University students were being kept in their dorms, the school said in a statement. No students or faculty are believed involved, the school said. Penny Jones told the The Associated Press that she worked at the store until a few months ago. She lives a few blocks away in the predominantly Black neighborhood.
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