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At least 5 young children have been shot in the last 6 months. Only one arrest has been made, JSO says
news4jax.com ^ | January 4, 2024 | Anne Maxwell

Posted on 01/05/2024 5:45:43 AM PST by V_TWIN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – At least five young children have been the unintentional victims of gunfire over the past six months in Jacksonville, but there’s only been an arrest made in one of those cases.

Kae’Lynn Matthews was three years old when she was shot and killed at a Southside apartment complex in September. Two adults were also killed.

News4JAX spoke with the child’s mother and grandmother a few days later.

MORE: Doorbell camera captures SUV, gunfire in Northside shooting that left 4-year-old, mother injured

“Everyone is hurt and devastated,” said Kae’Lynn’s grandmother, Valencia Strowder. “Whoever did this, it’s not just our family, it’s her extended family, her village of friends. There was a true village that helped raise Kae’Lynn.”

Just four days after Kae’lynn was shot, 6-year-old Mi’King Sims was killed and his 12-year-old sister was hurt in a shooting in the Lackawanna area. According to JSO, they were asleep inside an apartment when they were both hit by a bullet that came through the wall.

The rash of violence prompted outrage from Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters, who shared his anguish in a news conference. He also spoke directly to the killers.

“I vow to you that this agency will not rest until you are held accountable for your crimes. You took the lives of innocent children,” Waters said. “Our community will not protect you, and our community rejects the sub-culture that glorifies the violence that you promote.”

Those cases remain unsolved and active, according to a spokesperson for JSO. Since then, at least two more children have been caught in gunfire, including a 2-year-old boy who was hurt after being shot in the leg in the Hogan’s Creek area in December. He was inside watching TV when gunfire from outside made its way into his home.

In the shootings of five young children since August, including the shooting that hurt a 4-year-old girl Wednesday, JSO has made an arrest in one case: the August shooting of 12-year-old Lilchelle Johnson in Northwest Jacksonville. Darion Sumpter, 21, was arrested less than a week later, accused of firing the shot that hit the child as he was trying to rob someone else.


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1 posted on 01/05/2024 5:45:43 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

Kae’lynn
Mi’King
Lilchelle
Darion

Fix your culture.


2 posted on 01/05/2024 5:49:58 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Taxman

ping


3 posted on 01/05/2024 5:55:11 AM PST by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: V_TWIN

The new after birth abortion.


4 posted on 01/05/2024 5:56:41 AM PST by spincaster
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To: V_TWIN

When I was a adolescent there it was a relatively safe place.

I was only robbed on my paper route once..................


5 posted on 01/05/2024 6:05:23 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: V_TWIN

How many American infants were aborted?


6 posted on 01/05/2024 6:37:49 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (America!Biden has turned what was one of the greatest documentaries into a one season retard sitcom.)
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7 posted on 01/05/2024 1:10:15 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Objective: Permanently break the will of the population to ever wage war again.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

We all had guns in high school. Parking lot had pickup with guns in their racks. No one got shot that I remember but that was 60 yrs ago.


8 posted on 01/05/2024 3:39:05 PM PST by oldasrocks
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