GILCHRIST COUNTY, Fla — First Coast News is hearing from a veteran who tried to save a Jacksonville man who was one of two people shot and killed at Ginnie Springs during Memorial Day weekend.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement is not yet releasing the name of the person killed Saturday. The person killed Friday was Koty Stewart, 34.
Army veteran Alexandria Waldron is one of the people who tried to save his life.
“I'm so sorry I couldn't do more," Waldron said. "I'm sorry I couldn't save him.”
Waldron hadn’t planned on being in Ginnie Springs Memorial Day weekend with her friends, who are also veterans. She ended up performing CPR trying to save Stewart.
“We jumped up first and we started running towards the gunshots,” Waldron explained. “I just remember in between giving Koty breaths, just screaming," Waldron said. "I was like, 'Someone call 911! We need them here now! We need the cops, we need EMS!'”
Stewart did not survive. The next day at Ginnie Springs, three innocent bystanders were shot in a separate shooting, FDLE said. Late Wednesday night, FDLE confirmed one of those victims has died.
“From the bottom of my heart, I’m hurt that I could not save Koty," Waldron said. "I know at the end of the day I did all I could, but I wish there could have been something more. This was such such a senseless shooting,”
Waldon said she hopes Stewart’s family and the family of the latest victim can one day heal.
“Koty wasn't just some guy," she said. "He was someone's son, someone's husband, someone's father. And it's such a shame that his life had to be taken so soon.”
Two brothers were arrested this week and charged with Stewart's death. The Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office is handling Friday's events while FDLE handles Saturday's shooting. FDLE has not released suspect information on Saturday's shooting.
First Coast News reached out to Ginnie Springs for an interview and asked questions, but has not heard back.