One person was dead and two were wounded following a brazen shooting in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., on Sunday night, police said.
The suspects were still on the loose late Sunday as police urged people to shelter in place and steer clear of the scene, calling it an active-shooter situation. The order was lifted at 10:54 p.m. local time.
Cops shut down the Florida city’s beachfront bar district area and gathered witness accounts and descriptions of the suspects, WKMG-TV reported.
The shooting broke out during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, with Sgt. Tonya Tator saying the strip would be closed down indefinitely during the investigation, ABC News reported.
The shooting happened “out in the open,” Tator said at a Sunday-night media briefing, according to the outlet.
