UPDATE, 6:02 p.m.: The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office said it has arrested 22-year-old Charles Michael Mohr of Jacksonville.
Mohr was charged with three counts of attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle. He is being held on no bond in the St. Johns County Jail.
Deputies said two victims sustained gunshot wounds -- a 21-year-old St. Johns man and a 21-year-old Jacksonville woman.
UPDATE: Charles Mohr, 22, charged with three counts of attempted murder after shooting near St. Johns shopping ctr: https://t.co/F50kmAKiFf pic.twitter.com/T3HpNQXU95
— ActionNewsJax (@ActionNewsJax) September 29, 2017
Original story below:
Deputies say two people suffered gunshot wounds after someone opened fire on a car after a fight near a St. Johns County shopping center.
Deputies got a call about an altercation near the Publix on Race Track Road and S Branch Drive Friday morning.
Deputies say someone involved in the fight brandished a gun and fired shots at the car.
One of the victims drove to a hospital. Two people are being treated for gunshot wounds and a third may have been injured.
The shooter remained at the scene and was detained by deputies. There are no outstanding suspects.
A man tells Action News Jax that he held the shooting suspect at gunpoint until deputies arrived.
"I told him to get on the ground without the gun." - That's what Justin Louque said to armed St.Johns Co. shooting suspect. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/TnnALdjBki
— Beth Rousseau (@BethANJax) September 29, 2017
Justin Louque works at Tuffy Tire. He said he heard gunshots outside the store and saw the man with a gun.
“I told him to get on the ground without the gun,” Louque said. “I held him at gunpoint until police arrived.”
Louque said the suspect told him the people in the car were running him off the road.
“He said it was road rage, they were running him off the road and they were assaulting him,” Louque said.
Another witness tells Action News Jax that she heard a dozen gunshots
"We heard 12 to 14 gunshots," the witness, who only wanted to be identified as Lisa, said. "We saw vehicles come speeding through the parking lot."
Witness says she heard 12 to 14 gunshots near Publix shopping center in St. Johns County https://t.co/i1Q1lHiyPr pic.twitter.com/OPf8tkgZxi
— ActionNewsJax (@ActionNewsJax) September 29, 2017
Lisa said it appeared the back window of one of the cars was shattered.
John Bachman's interview with witness:
Shooting in St Johns County Racetrack Road
Posted by John Bachman Action News Jax on Friday, September 29, 2017
Deputies are asking everyone to avoid the area and let all emergency vehicles pass safely.
Action News Jax is working to learn more about the shooting.
Follow @ActionNewsJax on Twitter and watch CBS47 at 5 for updates.
Sky Action News Jax flew above the scene:
WATCH LIVE: A witness says she heard a dozen gunshots near a St. Johns County Publix. Two people took themselves to the hospital: http://bit.ly/2yeolMg
Posted by Action News Jax on Friday, September 29, 2017
We've been here 10 min and at least 5 more officers have arrived. Deputies tell me more are on the way. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/NUDiUmFNHo
— Beth Rousseau (@BethANJax) September 29, 2017
.@SJSOPIO tells me two people were shot here at the Atlantic Coast Bank on Race Track Rd. near S. Branch Dr. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/Iae783sXu8
— Beth Rousseau (@BethANJax) September 29, 2017
Cox Media Group