JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police are searching for a gunman after three people were shot in the Grand Park neighborhood late Sunday night.
The shootings happened just after 10 p.m. near West 25th Street and Spires Avenue.
One of the victims, 24-year-old Lanay Davis, is recovering in the hospital and told News4Jax on Monday that she's doing OK.
Davis, a mother of two, said she was walking down the street when bullets came out of nowhere.
"Whoever it was, they just came up and went to shooting. Everybody scattered," Davis said.
Her friend, 16-year-old Charles McBride, was also shot, along with a man she said she doesn't know: 39-year-old Jermaine Jackson.
McBride and Davis were taken to the hospital in serious condition.
"I thought I was gonna die," Davis said. "I was really scared for my life."
David Stephens, who has children with Davis, said he was stunned when he heard of the shooting.
"It's shocking news to find that your children's mom got shot and you got to be stuck with your kids and hoping that she lives," Stephens said.
So far this year, there's been one murder, 18 burglaries and one robbery in the Grand Park area, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office crime map.
News4Jax crime and safety analyst Gil Smith said one of the issues with crime in Grand Park is that people are afraid of "snitching" -- or speaking to police.
"It's deep. It's a very deep fear, because they believe that they're going to be found out," Smith said.
Smith said the next sheriff will have to make sure people are comfortable speaking to police and will have to put more officers on the streets -- so some can build relationships with people in the area.
That way, people will feel comfortable talking about crime to officers, Smith said.
"To stop these type of crimes, people need to open up and communicate with police," Smith said. "Sometimes these type of incidents happen because people who commit these crimes know -- or they believe – people in the area will not talk to police."
Meanwhile Davis said she's glad the result of Sunday night's violence wasn't worse.
"I"m very thankful and blessed to be alive, because I could've died," Davis said. "They told me last night when the bullet grazed my head, if it wasn't for the weave I had on, that bullet would've hit me. I would've been dead."
Anyone who has information about the shooting is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward.