The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s homicide unit said a man shot himself in Mandarin’s Greenland Park after hitting a pedestrian with a car on Monday.
“It is a little bizarre,” JSO homicide unit Sgt. David Smith said. It happened shortly after 1 p.m. on a dirt road by the baseball fields.
JSO said a man in his mid-30s drove his white Mitsubishi into the park, then got out of his parked car and started arguing with two people. JSO said he returned to his car, got a gun, then continued the argument and vandalized one person’s white Honda.
“He returned to his vehicle, which is a white Mitsubishi, and accelerated into a second vehicle, a parked burgundy Ford Expedition, causing it to move sideways and accidentally striking one of the victims who was standing nearby,” Smith said.
#JSO tells me this woman was arguing with the man in Greenland Park before he hit a pedestrian with a car and killed himself. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/WKpBQTAQAx
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
Smith said the man then got out of his car, walked a short distance away, and shot himself in the head. The pedestrian he hit was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Smith said he would not speculate about why those three people were in the park or whether they knew each other before the argument began.
#JSO has part of Greenland Park taped off. We saw a body on the ground. This ambulance drove away silently. #ANJaxbreaking @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/xLsm05o4PT
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
#JSO Sgt tells me homicide unit on way to Greenland Park in Mandarin. Wouldn't say how many dead, but says no children. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/EpCZMGE337
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
#JSO says appears to be suicide in Greenland Park, but sounds like there maybe more than one body here. Homicide unit on the way. pic.twitter.com/vyfZlScjRF
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
We saw #JSO speaking to this woman at Greenland Park. Put her in squad car to talk, but no cuffs. Homicide unit on the way. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/Nb5xmcV34l
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
Homicide units now arriving at Greenland Park in Mandarin. #JSO says appears to be suicide, but sounds like there is more than one body here pic.twitter.com/VN8eL7DDGU
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
#JSO adding more crime scene tape at Greenland Park scene after homicide unit arrives. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/mjVzDTCyCA
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
#JSO just asked us to move back so they can tape off rest of Greenland Park, at request of homicide unit. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/6LzsFTYg32
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
Saw #JSO homicide unit detective go straight for this white car parked at Greenland Park scene, walking past body on ground. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/hIetcbCUBp
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
#JSO says Sgt will brief us in about 20 min on Greenland Park death investigation. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/55nJqmMaCD
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
#JSO says a man fatally shot himself in head after hitting someone with car in Greenland Park. That person has non-life threatening injuries pic.twitter.com/B8Z86YuKP0
— Jenna Bourne (@jennabourneWTSP) April 17, 2017
A bizarre incident involving three cars -- and a gun -- unfolded Monday at a Mandarin park:
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