JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The second woman killed Wednesday in a shooting at a railroad crossing in San Marco has been identified as Tara Baker, 53, First Coast News, On Your Side has learned Friday. The other victim, Paige Pringle, 28, was an employee at Dos Gatos bar in downtown Jacksonville, First Coast News learned Thursday.
Pringle was inside of her vehicle when she was shot. Baker was riding a bike.
The two women did not know each other, law enforcement sources told First Coast News. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has not released any new details on the killings.
Baker's fiance Maurice Fisher tells First Coast News they were together for more than 20 years and had plans to get married soon. She left behind children and grandchildren.
"We had a great relationship and we were going to get married. We were going to get papers that day, August 9th. We have good days, we have bad days. That was going to be a good day but it turned out to be the worst day of my life," Fisher said.
He says around 1:30am Wednesday, both were on bikes in the San Marco area, on their way to meet up and ride home together but he says they both got stopped by the train and says she never made it home.
"I was on Atlantic Boulevard at the railroad tracks. She was on Hendricks Avenue at the railroad track. We were both caught by the train, waiting for the train to pass. After the train passed, I waited 45 minutes. I thought she went back to where she was at. But she never moves on," Baker's fiance Maurice Fisher said.
Surveillance video from Fifi's Fine Resale Apparel shows a person who appears to be Baker on a bike riding towards the train tracks at 1:29am.
At 1:31am, a car matching the one Paige Pringle was driving passes with a black car following close behind.
The video also shows a person walking in front of the store just before Baker and Pringle drives by.
Pringle, the vehicle behind her, and Baker were stopped at the railroad crossing as a train passed. A short time after they approached the railroad crossing, the vehicle behind Baker is seen traveling in the opposite direction and an ambulance arriving on the scene.
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office reported that they responded to the area in reference to a crash after 1:38am. Police found Pringle shot multiple times inside a white SUV. Baker was found shot outside the SUV.
After Pringle was shot, her vehicle continued rolling and collided with the passing train, a JSO incident report states. He says that JSO's initial investigation reveals that the driver stopped at a railroad crossing for the train as it was passing and was then shot, which caused her to crash into the train.
"She (Baker) was shot once. The person in the car was shot five times. She wasn't the intended target. I know she was in the wrong place, I know she was," Fisher said.
Pringle, was pronounced dead at the scene. Baker was rushed the hospital where she died.
Fisher says Baker leaves behind both children and grandchildren. He wants the person responsible to come forward.
"Whoever they are then they need to come up and get over it you know a lot of people are hurt and somehow, we must move on. You can't just stay there hurting people," Fisher said.
No arrests have been made. When asked if either or both of the victims were targeted or if the shootings were random, Jacksonville police would only say, "It's an active investigation."
