JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man was shot Tuesday evening while he was trying to break up a fight between two relatives in Jacksonville’s Oceanway community. The fight happened at about 6:30 p.m. in the 14000 block of Yellow Bluff Road.
Two of the victim’s relatives were involved in an argument and one of them grabbed a gun, a Jacksonville police news release states.
“The victim attempted to diffuse the situation, and a struggle ensued,” the news release states. “The victim was shot during the struggle.”
The victim was taken to the hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to his shoulder, police said.
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