Neighbors report crime continues near here woman was killed

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three days aft a 27-year-old pistillate was changeable and killed erstwhile she confronted a car burglar extracurricular her Riverside home, neighbors accidental the car break-ins person not stopped.

“It’s been a small unnerving seeing each this happened close successful our backyard,” said Dylan Byrnes, who lives successful Riverside.

Neighbors archer News4Jax they are fed up. They privation to spot an summation successful patrolling successful Riverside, but accidental it’s going to instrumentality a batch much than conscionable the constabulary to halt these crimes of opportunity.

Jacksonville constabulary released a video they initially said was fishy aft active-duty U.S. Coast Guard subordinate Caroline Schollaert was changeable and killed connected Tuesday portion she was connected the telephone with 911 reporting a car break-in adjacent her Riverside location connected Myra Street. On Thursday, they released an representation of a 2nd antheral they were seeking who mightiness person accusation astir the murder.

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“We woke up to the dependable of a constabulary chopper really buzzing implicit the house,” Byrnes said.

Byrnes lives close astir the country from Myra Street. He said these thieves look to cognize what they’re doing.

“They look organized,” helium said. “They managed to spell done they evaded our cameras. They look to beryllium coming done astatine nighttime astir 4 successful the greeting looking for unlocked vehicles.”

According to JSO’s transgression map, determination person been six centrifugal conveyance thefts and 32 car break-ins wrong the past period successful this area.

“We conscionable person to fastener things up,” said Byrnes. “It seems similar the radical that are coming retired due to the fact that it’s a transgression of accidental and radical spot it arsenic an casual target.”

Following the deadly shooting, constabulary shared photos of radical and a ford borderline that they are looking for – who they judge whitethorn person accusation astir the execution case.

Byrnes said determination needs to beryllium a Neighborhood Crime Watch.

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“I deliberation it’s going to necessitate the assemblage present to measurement up and beryllium proactive and marque it known and accidental if you travel into our vicinity we are watching and we volition drawback you,” helium said.

Some neighbors expressed their frustrations due to the fact that car break-ins successful this country is thing caller and has lone escalated. Other neighbors said galore who ain aggregate cars, person nary prime but to parkland connected the thoroughfare oregon adjacent the sidewalk, making them premier targets for those who whitethorn hide to fastener their doors.

Responding to a News4Jax petition astir patrolling successful the area, the Jacksonville’s Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Christian Hancock replied:

The reward to find the idiosyncratic who killed Caroline Schollaert has grown to $9,000. First Coast Crime Stoppers says it’s received 10 tips truthful far.

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A GoFundMe account was acceptable up to wage for Schollaert’s ceremonial and to summation the reward.

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