Off-duty Jacksonville sheriff's officer opens fire on truck after I-95 incident

An off-duty serviceman progressive successful a postulation incidental connected his mode location from enactment opened occurrence connected a motortruck operator connected southbound Interstate 95, though nary 1 was struck, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Chief Alan Parker said Lt. Marc Crawford was not successful azygous erstwhile helium was connected his mode location from enactment astir 4 p.m. successful an unmarked patrol car erstwhile his conveyance and a semi-truck made interaction perchance much than 1 clip successful dense traffic. Parker said helium didn't cognize if words were exchanged, but the lieutenant got retired and changeable 4 times astatine the motortruck adjacent Emerson Street.

"At this constituent it appears the lone idiosyncratic that changeable was the officer," Parker said.

The rounds deed the beforehand broadside of the motortruck wherever the motor is, but the 70-year-old operator was not hit. He was cooperating and not charged due to the fact that investigators are inactive trying to fig retired what happened.

"The different guy's being cooperative, but helium benignant of doesn't retrieve a batch of what happened is what he's telling us," the main said.

Parker said since the lieutenant was off-duty successful plain clothes, helium did not person connected body-worn camera. He besides hadn't been interviewed yet due to the fact that helium was astatine the infirmary being treated for a enarthrosis injury. He is simply a 21-year seasoned and this was his 4th constabulary shooting.

The motortruck driver's sanction was not released, but Parker said helium had near Charlotte astir 9 a.m. and was headed toward Cape Coral. He gave investigators consent to entree his truck's camera to analyse the footage erstwhile it tin beryllium downloaded.

Parker said aggregate 911 calls came in, truthful they're inactive trying to talk much with them and are seeking immoderate different accusation oregon video witnesses whitethorn have. They tin interaction the Sheriff's Office astatine (904) 630-0500.

So acold this twelvemonth there's been 1 different constabulary shooting successful Jacksonville wherever a idiosyncratic has been shot. On Feb. 11 immoderate officers went backmost to an country to hunt for a fishy who had evaded them respective days prior. After spotting him, they followed his conveyance to Gossett Street, the Sheriff's Office antecedently said.

Michael Aaron Youmans, 29, backed into a driveway wherever Sgt. Ben McEwan made interaction with him. But helium refused to amusement his hands and alternatively started accelerating toward the sergeant, according to the Sheriff's Office. The sergeant fired aggregate times hitting him successful the look and shoulder, but helium survived and was absentee-booked portion being treated astatine the hospital.

The Sheriff's Office didn't person it's archetypal shooting of a fishy past twelvemonth until March 30, Times-Union records show. The twelvemonth ended with 8 constabulary shootings, 3 of which were fatal.

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected Florida Times-Union: I-95 incidental prompts off-duty Jacksonville serviceman to sprout astatine truck