A man in his 40s was found with a gunshot wound to his leg Saturday night after Jacksonville police responded to reports of a shooting in the 6800 block of 103rd Street. Officers detained several people at the scene, and detectives were pursuing leads.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to calls about a person shot around 9:48 p.m. Officers located a man in his 40s with a gunshot wound to the leg, and he was reported in stable condition, per JSO. Multiple people were detained at the scene as detectives pursued leads.
Detectives were pursuing leads. JSO asked anyone with information to call its non-emergency line at 904-630-0500, while Crime Stoppers accepts anonymous tips at 1-866-845-TIPS, according to Action News Jax.
A Westside Corridor With a Recent History of Gunfire
Saturday's shooting adds to a string of recent gun violence on Jacksonville's Westside. Eleven days earlier, a man was shot near Texas Street and Cahoon Road on October 20, suffering a non-life-threatening wound, according to Hoodline. Police said at the time they believed that shooting was isolated and had not released a suspect description; no arrests had been announced in that case as the investigation remained ongoing.
Seven days before the Texas Street shooting, two men in their mid-20s were shot along the 1300 block of Cassat Avenue and both survived with non-life-threatening wounds, the same report states. And in August, a verbal altercation outside a home near 103rd Street and Old Middleburg Road escalated into gunfire that left a man in his late 40s with a leg wound.
A City Still Grappling With Elevated Homicide Numbers
Saturday's shooting lands against the backdrop of a difficult year for violent crime in Jacksonville. The city recorded an unofficial 115 homicides in 2025, up 37 percent from 84 the year before, according to jacksonville.com. Shootings, excluding those involving police, accounted for 80 of those homicides.
Sheriff T.K. Waters has said overall crime in Jacksonville fell 16 percent in 2025, with violent crime down 8 percent and property crime down 17 percent, per Hoodline's earlier reporting. JSO also reported that only one of more than 100 citywide homicides in 2025 was officially classified as gang- or group-affiliated. During violent-crime investigations, JSO detectives can use ConnectDuval, an integrated network of roughly 11,000 public and private cameras, to pull footage quickly.
No arrests have been announced in connection with Saturday's shooting, and detectives were following up on leads. Anyone with information is asked to contact JSO's non-emergency line or submit a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers.
