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Robber Killed, Boy Critically Injured During Robbery
POSTED: 1:10 pm EDT May 8, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 10-year-old boy remains in critical but stable condition Monday morning, two days after he was struck by a bullet fired by his father at an armed robber.
Police said Drevon Ricks was struck by a bullet that apparently ricocheted as he father shot and killed an 18-year-old man armed with a shotgun who was trying to rob the family as they sat in their vehicle outside a city park before dawn Saturday.
WJXT learned that five members of the Ricks family were waiting outside a McGirts Creek Regional Park at the corner of Checkmate Lane and 118th Street, hoping to be first in line to sign up for summer camp.
Police said Jabray Davias Jones approached the car with a shotgun about 2:30 a.m. According to police reports, the family initially complied when the robber asked for money, but when the man asked the father to open up the back of the vehicle, the father got his own gun and shot Jones.
Jones died at the scene. Drevon Ricks was rushed to the trauma center at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he remains.
Robber Killed, Boy Critically Injured During Robbery
POSTED: 1:10 pm EDT May 8, 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 10-year-old boy remains in critical but stable condition Monday morning, two days after he was struck by a bullet fired by his father at an armed robber.
Police said Drevon Ricks was struck by a bullet that apparently ricocheted as he father shot and killed an 18-year-old man armed with a shotgun who was trying to rob the family as they sat in their vehicle outside a city park before dawn Saturday.
WJXT learned that five members of the Ricks family were waiting outside a McGirts Creek Regional Park at the corner of Checkmate Lane and 118th Street, hoping to be first in line to sign up for summer camp.
Police said Jabray Davias Jones approached the car with a shotgun about 2:30 a.m. According to police reports, the family initially complied when the robber asked for money, but when the man asked the father to open up the back of the vehicle, the father got his own gun and shot Jones.
Jones died at the scene. Drevon Ricks was rushed to the trauma center at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he remains.