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Jacksonville, FL — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Aggravated Battery unit is investigating after it said a teenage boy and teenage girl were shot in the Royal Terrace neighborhood.

Officers went to the 2100 block of Brooklyn Rd. around 1:15 p.m. after receiving reports of shots fired.

They found two individuals with apparent gunshot wounds. One victim was a boy in his mid-teens and the other victim was a girl in her mid-teens.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department took both the girl and boy to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses told police the shooters fired from an unknown year white Chevrolet Impala and drove away right after the shooting.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact JSO at 904-630-0500 or email JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org. To remain anonymous and receive a possible reward of up to $3,000 for tips that lead to an arrest, you are asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS.