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Three people shot outside Amazon fulfillment center

Story developing in Jacksonville, Florida, where shooting occurred about 2 p.m. Monday

Two people have been shot at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

Television news stations in Jacksonville, Florida, are reporting at least two people were shot about 2 p.m. Monday at an Amazon fulfillment center on the city’s north side. 

One of the people shot reportedly has been critically injured.

A photograph said to have been taken by an Amazon employee and sent to News4Jax shows shattered glass in a break room. 

A woman who was at the fulfillment center for job orientation told Action News Jax that she saw a man dressed all in black “just start shooting.”

Squad cars and an ambulance remained on the scene at 3:20 p.m. Monday.

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