A Jamaican born man living in north Jacksonville Florida allegedly shot four members of his family, three fatally before turning the gun on himself last evening.

Police said the victims include children. Reports are that the shooting took place on Shirley Oaks Drive, off New Berlin Road in Oceanway.

According to an online newspaper, four people were confirmed dead, including the gunman and one is in critical condition at UF Health Jacksonville.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s office director Mike Bruno said police got a call of shots fired just before 4 p.m. and arrived to find five victims with gunshot wounds throughout the house. Four were dead at the scene and the fifth last reported in surgery. Mr. Bruno said the police are yet to make a next-of-kin notification, so their identities are being withheld at this time.

He added however that it appears the incident may have spawned from a domestic issue where someone was moving out of the house.

Neighbours said a Navy family had moved into the home recently and that the man responsible for the shooting was 25-year-old Gawain Wilson, though police have not said that he was the shooter.

It is understood that a woman was with a friend in the process of moving from the house when the shooting started.

(newscentre5)