shooting

Philips Highway and Race Track Road motorists dealt with more than the normal traffic fender-benders this morning. This time there was a shooting in the area.

One person was flown to Shands Jacksonville, but futher information wasn’t known. It may have happened about 5 a.m., causing some road closures there at the Duval and St. Johns County line.

 
See more in Saturday’s Times-Union or Jacksonville.com.

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office issued the following release this morning:

A 20-year old St. Johns County man was arrested today on a charge of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer after being released from a Duval County hospital stemming from an incident involving a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer late Thursday evening.  The suspect, identified as Nicholas Arthur Kelco, 20, 2265 Marlee Rd. South, was booked into the Duval County Jail on a St. Johns County warrant with a bond of $100,000.