The family of a man killed in a police shooting in Jacksonville spoke publicly Wednesday, the day after the body camera footage was released.
, police spot a gun on the hood of the car and move it to the back. They then work to get Leon Burroughs out of the car. In the video, Leon Burroughs can be heard responding, asking them to move the flashlights, and one officer does.“Whatever he did, they should’ve took him out and talked to him. They didn’t have to kill him,” Dorothy Burroughs said.
In the footage, officers try repeatedly to get Leon Burroughs out of the car. News4JAX counted, and police told him nine times to step out. At that moment, the video shows a flash coming from inside the car and then police return fire. “He had just woke up. He didn’t have time to get no gun. He just woke up, and they had the lights flashing, and he said, ‘What’s going on?’ And they shot him,” Dorothy Burroughs said.“He didn’t deserve that,” Dorothy Burroughs said.
His grandmother doesn’t believe this shooting is justified. It’s still being reviewed by the State Attorney’s Office.Copyright 2023 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.
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