JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Investigators are set to announce an update Wednesday afternoon in a shooting in August that left two women dead in the San Marco area.
Sources tell News4JAX that police have tracked down the person behind the murders of Paige Pringle, 28, and Tara Baker, 53, who were killed in a double shooting early in the morning on Aug. 9.
Chief of Investigations Alan Parker is scheduled to give a news conference about the murder investigation.
News4JAX will stream that news conference live. Press play above to watch.
Investigators said Pringle was stopped in a white SUV southbound on Hendricks Avenue at the railroad intersection around 1:40 a.m. as a train was crossing. At some point, an unknown individual(s) approached Pringle as she sat in the vehicle and shot her multiple times — causing the vehicle to move forward, striking the train.
At some point during the shooting, Baker was hit as she stood on a sidewalk waiting for the train to pass.
Both women died as a result of the shootings. They did not know each other.
Surveillance video shows another car driving close to Pringle’s vehicle near the area where she was shot but it’s unknown if that car was involved in the shooting. The driving distance from Dos Gatos bar, where Pringle stopped that night, to the shooting scene is only about 2 miles.
Pringle was a beloved employee at the popular bar in downtown Jacksonville.
The surveillance video, which the Hendricks Avenue business shared with News4JAX, shows the SUV — and a smaller, black car — drive by around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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A reward of $13,000 was being offered for information leading to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the murders.
Jacksonville’s F.O.P. Foundation contributed $10,000 to the $3,000 reward already being offered for information leading to an arrest or arrests of those involved.
“Anytime that we can draw attention to a try to solve a crime, you know, not just for the community, but for the victims’ families, it’s so important,” said Randy Reaves, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5-30. “And it’s very important for what you guys do in the media to keep these stories out there so that the public stays engaged.”
Reaves said his group uses money from its charitable arm for cases that police need help solving. He said detectives had few leads and needed the public’s help.
Baker’s fiancé, Maurice Fisher, told News4JAX he hoped the reward would encourage someone to come forward with information.
To remain anonymous and be eligible for the reward, call First Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS or text **8477.
Tips can also be submitted online at http://www.fccrimestoppers.com.
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