A younger lady is combating for her life after being shot within the face in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday night time.

Officers responded to the capturing within the 7000 block of Welland Highway at round 9 p.m., a spokesperson for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Workplace instructed Newsweek.

On arrival, the officers situated a lady who had sustained two gunshot wounds to her face, the spokesperson stated.

They rendered medical assist to the girl till a crew from the Jacksonville Fireplace and Rescue Division arrived and transported her to an area hospital.

She is in a life-threatening however steady situation, the spokesperson stated.

The sufferer's title was not launched by the sheriff's workplace, however she was described as a Black lady in her early 20s.

The sheriff's workplace stated it doesn't have an outline of the suspect. Investigators don't imagine the incident was a case of home violence, the spokesperson stated.

"We do have witnesses and are amassing proof from the scene," the spokesperson stated. "Detectives are additionally actively investigating the scene right now."

Stock photo
Inventory photograph. A lady is in hospital after being shot twice within the face in Jacksonville, Florida.iStock

The investigation into the capturing is ongoing, the sheriff's workplace stated. No additional particulars had been instantly launched.

The capturing is the newest in a protracted line of incidents of younger individuals being shot within the U.S. as an epidemic of gun violence continues to say lives throughout the nation.

On Saturday night time, authorities stated a 16-year-old lady's party had "turned lethal" in Harris County, Texas.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez stated an altercation came about within the parking zone outdoors a manufacturing studio the place "a number of suspects started capturing at one another" and quite a few pictures had been fired.

Gonzalez stated a 17-year-old was taken to the hospital, the place he died. Two different 17-year-olds had been additionally transported to the hospital—certainly one of them in a vital situation—together with a 14-year-old who sustained accidents that weren't life-threatening.

In one other incident that additionally came about on Saturday night time, gunmen opened fireplace on a crowd at an occasion that was selling non-violence in Dumas, Arkansas. Police stated one particular person was killed and no less than two dozen extra had been injured, together with some kids.

Greater than 9,300 individuals within the U.S. have been killed in shootings to date in 2022, in line with the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, with greater than 7,200 individuals injured.

Anybody who has details about Sunday's capturing in Jacksonville is urged to name the Jacksonville Sheriff's Workplace at 630-0500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.