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  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Madison Foglio |Alexus Cleavenger |Harold Goodridge

    A witness in a shooting case was killed weeks after Jacksonville police responded to her home following a vandalism incident. The family of Cassandra Brown, who was in her 60s, believes she was targeted for her role in testifying in the criminal trial. A police report obtained by Action News Jax states that Brown called police on May 10 to report vandalism at her home and deflated tires on her car.

  • 1 week ago | actionnewsjax.com | Alexus Cleavenger

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Long-time friends of a Jacksonville shooting victim and crime witness said she was targeted after providing testimony that helped put another woman in prison. We first reported Monday night when Cassandra Brown’s son said his mom was threatened multiple times before she was killed Friday. It happened on Grothe Street, which is the same street where Brown witnessed a shooting just one year before.

  • 1 week ago | actionnewsjax.com | Alexus Cleavenger

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The son of a Jacksonville shooting victim tells Action News Jax he believes his mom, Cassandra Brown, was targeted as retaliation for testifying in a criminal trial. She died Friday night,That trial was Carla Hill’s, the woman who shot a man on Grothe Street last June. She was found guilty of aggravated battery and sentenced to life. Calvin Brown said Cassandra started receiving threats after testifying against Hill.

  • 2 weeks ago | actionnewsjax.com | Alexus Cleavenger

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Video circulating on social media shows the moment a man was hit by a driver at a car meet in a Southside parking lot. Witnesses said that it was supposed to be just a “park and chill” type of meet. In dash camera video provided to Action News Jax, you can see the car speed across the parking lot before hitting the victim. People then started running over to see if he was okay.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alexus Cleavenger

    Action News Jax is working to get answers about a quadruple shooting that killed an 18-year-old in Magnolia Gardens. It happened around 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the Vista Landing Apartments on Cleveland Road. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, all of the victims are between the ages of 16 and 21. The person who was killed was just 18 years old.

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