This SUV hit a passing train in San Marco after the woman driving it was shot to death.This SUV hit a passing train in San Marco after the woman driving it was shot to death.
This SUV hit a passing train in San Marco after the woman driving it was shot to death. | News4Jax

$13,000 reward offered in San Marco slayings

Published on August 15, 2023 at 11:09 am
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A $13,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in Wednesday’s double homicide at a Hendricks Avenue railroad crossing.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says the reward increased with a donation by the Fraternal Order of Police Foundation.

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Police said a woman stopped her Ford SUV at the railroad crossing just before 1:45 a.m. Wednesday as a train went by. Someone came up to the woman’s vehicle and shot her multiple times, then her Ford slid forward into the passing train.

News4Jax, a Jacksonville Today news partner, identified the woman as Paige Pringle, 28, an employee of Dos Gatos in Downtown Jacksonville.

At some point during the shooting, a 53-year-old woman also was shot to death as she stood on the sidewalk nearby, police said. She was identified as Tara Baker.

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Police have no suspects or a motive for the slayings. Anyone with tips is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 or First Coast Crime Stoppers.


author image Reporter email Dan Scanlan is a veteran journalist with 40 years as a radio, television and print reporter in the Jacksonville area, as well as years of broadcast work in the Northeast. After a stint managing a hotel comedy club, Dan began a 34-year career as police and current events reporter at The Florida Times-Union before joining the staff of WJCT News 89.9.

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