Jacksonville police probe second shots-fired case of 2026; here’s where others have occurred
Police are investigating shots being fired Monday in a Jacksonville neighborhood, marking the second aggravated discharge of a firearm already in the new year.
Officers were called about 9:30 p.m. Monday to the 300 block of West Beecher Avenue after people reported hearing gunshots, according to Lt. Sean Haefeli. They found evidence confirming shots had been fired, according to a police report.
The ongoing investigation comes just days after a Jacksonville house was struck by gunfire.
In that incident, police were called at 6:32 a.m. Thursday after someone reported hearing gunfire in the 700 block of South Main Street. Officers initially could not find anything to confirm the report.
About two hours later, at 8:46 a,m. Thursday, a resident of the 100 block of West Chambers Street, just off South Main Street, called to report finding a bullet casing outside their house.
Police connected it to the earlier call and officers were able to confirm damage to the house from a shot being fired.
Authorities investigated six reports of shots fired in 2025. One of those cases occurred in the same vicinity as Monday’s call.
Officers were called about 4 a.m. Aug. 23 for reports of three to five shots being fired. Although initially considered unfounded, a resident notified police about 8:20 p.m. that day that gunshots had struck his house.
Police are asking anyone with information about any of the cases to call investigators at 217-479-4630 or submit an anonymous tip to Crimestoppers at 217-243-7300.