Deputies: Jacksonville woman shot by 4-year-old son 'stable' and other top stories.

• Deputies: Jacksonville woman shot by 4-year-old son 'stable'

  Deputies: Jacksonville woman shot by 4-year-old son 'stable' Garrett Pelican, WTLV 4:06 PM. EST March 09, 2016 Palatka shooting scene (Photo: Courtesy of the Putnam Way) PALATKA, Fla. -- Authorities say a Jacksoville woman is in stable condition after being accidentally shot by her four-year-old son while driving through Palatka Tuesday.Jamie Gilt, 31, of Jacksonville, was found shot in the driver's seat of a truck near where State Road 20 and Rowland Avenue meet a..

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• Jacksonville police officer airlifted in life-threatening condition ...

  

  A Jacksonville police officer is in critical condition after he was shot Wednesday morning near Orange Park. On his way to work and taking his teenage son to school about 7:20 a.m., the off-duty detective decided to stop of a car that had driven by him erratically, Chief Tom Hackney said. After initially not stopping, the suspect pulled over near some railroad tracks on Collins Road near Roosevelt Boulevard and immediately got out and shot the detective in the head, upper body and hand. The det..

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• Prominent dog behavior expert to run Jacksonville's animal shelter

  

  A Jacksonville-based dog-behavior expert who has consulted with animal shelters and rescue groups nationwide has been hired to run the city animal shelter. Jim Crosby will be the new division chief at Animal Control and Protective Services, city spokeswoman Tia Ford said Wednesday. He starts the new job March 21. “The city and I are finalizing some personnel issues but I look forward to joining the team,” Crosby said. The city shelter “has come a long way and I am excited to be part of the plan..

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• Man dead, suspect in custody after shooting at Jacksonville ...

  

  One man is dead and another in custody following a shooting at a landscape business on Jacksonville’s Southside, the Sheriff’s Office said. Officers were sent to B&L Landscape Co. in the 7700 block of Spaner Road just after 7 a.m. on a call of someone being shot. There they found one man dead, according to police. “He is an employee here at the business,” said Sgt. Chuck Ford. “This was a workplace. There were several people coming to work who witnessed what happened.” Ford confirmed the two ha..

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• First Coast Happenings

  THURSDAY Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, Thursday-Sunday, The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, 4750 Amelia Island Parkway. Event schedule, ameliaconcours.org. ■ Festivals of Speed, cocktail reception, 8 p.m. Friday, Omni Amelia Island Plantation, 6800 First Coast Highway; car show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oak Marsh Golf Course, 39 Beach Lagoon Road. Reception, $125 a person; car show, $20 a person. ■ Cars and Coffee, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 10th and 18th fairways, Golf Club of Amelia Island. In..

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