Police arrest brothers who live at home that was struck by barrage of bullets

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Drive-by occurred astatine location connected Boulder Street successful South Riverside vicinity connected Dec. 5

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office person arrested 2 brothers who unrecorded astatine a home that was riddled with bullets during a drive-by shooting successful the South Riverside neighborhood, which is conscionable southbound of San Marco.

Despite the location being being struck galore times, nary 1 wrong was wounded.

The shooting astatine the location connected Boulder Street was reported connected Dec. 5. News4JAX has since learned investigators showed up astatine the location astir 10 p.m. Tuesday night, arresting 2 radical -- a 17-year-old and 23-year-old.

Their mother, who News4JAX is not identifying by sanction astatine her request, said she rents the location with her sons but has not lived determination since the nighttime of the shooting. She said she met with detectives aft the apprehension of her sons.

“They were arrested for weapon charges aft they were observed connected aggregate videos,” the parent said.

She said that she learned pursuing the drive-by that the Sheriff’s Office setup surveillance of Boulder Street.

“The mode I’m knowing it is they (her sons) were seen connected video surveillance successful the country of the location holding guns connected the thoroughfare of the house, not lone successful the driveway, but were seen with guns connected the existent street,” she said.

The parent besides said that detectives told her that her sons’ societal media enactment had besides been nether surveillance. Now she says she is bushed of making excuses for her sons.

“Over the past 24 hours, aft talking to the detectives and proceeding what they person been doing connected societal media successful the past 24 hours to disturbance up much problems, I present spot my sons are not going to alteration and, unfortunately, I person to locomotion away,” the parent said.

Since the nighttime of the shooting, she hasn’t returned home. And different neighbors simply don’t consciousness harmless pursuing the nighttime of Dec. 5.

Several of the homes connected the thoroughfare are vacant aft residents packed their bags and left.

“Four of the 8 homes person nary occupants successful it due to the fact that they bash not consciousness safe,” 1 neighbour said.

Another neighbour told america she hopes to soon move.

Because the lawsuit is inactive nether investigation, it’s unclear if constabulary person identified the shooters and the operator successful surveillance video that was captured connected the nighttime of the drive-by.