A 7-year-old boy was killed in crossfire in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday night, becoming the fifth child to be shot in the city in less than two weeks but the first to die, the sheriff’s office said.

The child, Tashawn Gallon, died in the shooting that also injured a 23-year-old man, who is expected to survive, authorities said.

The shooting took place as a group of about six people — including multiple convicted felons and one gang member — were drinking and smoking marijuana in the front yard of a home, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said at a press conference this afternoon. Tashawn, who was a nephew of one of the people at the scene, was in the yard at the time, Williams said. …