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One person is reported to be in critical condition following a shooting at the Bestbet Orange Park cardroom near Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday. The shooting took place in the parking lot just outside the club’s entrance, and witnesses reported multiple shots being fired. The victim was conscious enough to report to police after he was shot multiple times.
One person is reported to be in critical condition following a shooting at the Bestbet Orange Park cardroom near Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday. There was a shooting that took place in the parking lot just outside the club’s entrance and witnesses reported multiple shots being fired.
Local authorities advised citizens in the vicinity that an active investigation was ongoing after they posted that detectives were on- scene and investigating.
The victim, who had been shot multiple times, reported to police that the shooter had already left the scene. Police didn’t reveal whether the attacker’s identity was already known. The shooting happened in the parking lot of the business, according to the statement. There is no threat to the community at this time. The incident is in the early stages of its investigation.
Procuring security footage from nearby businesses, in hopes of identifying the shooter or his vehicle, is one of the initial steps being taken. The victim was found outside the room’s entrance soon after the players heard the gunfire, though the report that the shooting had taken place inside the room was incorrect. The poker games at the Bestbet Orange Park room resumed soon after, according to two Jacksonville news outlets.
Three rooms are operated by Bestbet in the Jacksonville area. The company runs sites collectively covering the rooms on multiple social-media platforms under its Bestbet Jacksonville accounts, but had not offered any public comment or update in the hours immediately following the shooting. As additional information becomes available, Poker.org will provide updates.
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