Trump Briefed On Deadly Mass Shooting In Floridas Jacksonville - White House

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published August 27, 2018 | 01:12 AM

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 27th August, 2018) US President Donald Trump had been briefed on Sunday on the deadly mass shooting which occurred at a festival marketplace in Floridas Jacksonville, the White House said.

�The President has been briefed and we are monitoring the situation in Jacksonville, FL,� White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.

Earlier in the day, the citys police said that a mass shooting occurred at the Jacksonville Landing. The local News4Jax media outlet reported, citing sources, that at least four people have died in the incident, while 11 were injured.

The police later confirmed that the incident resulted in many fatalities and said that the suspected shooter had died at the scene.