BREAKING: An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) was shot outside the Baptist Medical Center on Tuesday night, according to multiple sources.
The Baptist Health Hospital is currently under lockdown as authorities investigate the incident. Patients and staff at the hospital are reportedly safe.
This is an ongoing situation, and authorities have not yet released any information on the officer’s condition or the circumstances surrounding the shooting. According to Baptist Health, security noticed a suspicious person outside of the Baptist Medical Center hospital, which caused the campus off-duty police officer to be notified. This led to JSO being called in for additional support.
Details on the incident are still developing, and Action News Jax is at the scene working to gather more information. JSO has not released any statement on the incident as of yet, but hospital officials have confirmed that the shooting occurred outside the facility.
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