A traffic stop led to an exchange of gunfire between an officer and another man, who was tasered before he was taken into custody, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
T.K. Waters, JSO’s chief of investigations, said officers were called to the scene on Golfair Boulevard near the intersection of Baldwin Avenue at about 5 p.m. He said a passenger of the vehicle, that had been pulled over for a window tint violation, jumped out, began waving his arms and took off running. Waters said an officer gave chase on foot, while another followed in a vehicle.
“When he turned around and started approaching the suspect, the suspect turned and opened fire 10 times at our police officer’s vehicle, striking the hood, coming very close to our officer. The officer then returned fire,” Waters said.When the officer stopped his vehicle, the man was sitting on the curb of a sidewalk with a gun in his hand.According to the chief of investigations, officers repeatedly ordered him to move away from the handgun.
Waters added that was when a conductive energy weapon was used by police, and the man was taken into custody. The man was hospitalized for treatment.“Me and my children had just pulled up to the house and were in there for about five minutes, and all of a sudden, I heard bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Like, I thought somebody was banging at the door or beating trying to get in the house.
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