COMMUNITY. BUT THEY ASK IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT TO PLEASE CALL POLICE OR CRIME
STOPPERS.
>> ANOTHER TOP STORY WE’RE
FOLLOWING NEW VIDEO SHOWING
THE MOMENTS AFTER 5
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S
OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED THE
SUSPECT IN RIVERSIDE. IN THIS
VIDEO. ONE OF THE OFFICERS IS
TRYING TO RENDER AID TO THE
MAN AFTER HE WAS SHOT. POLICE
HAVE IDENTIFIED HIM AS 29
YEAR-OLD TYREE O’NEILL. HIS
FAMILY TELLS NEWS 4 JAX THAT
HE LEAVES BEHIND 2 CHILDREN.
NEWS. 4 JAX REPORTER ERIK
AVANIER JOINS US LIVE FROM
RIVERSIDE WITH NEW DETAILS ARE
JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO
WITH NEW DETAILS INTO
YESTERDAY’S FATAL ENCOUNTER.
ERIC?
>> EYEWITNESSES HELPED US
IDENTIFY THIS BUILDING ON
ERNEST STREET WHERE POLICE SAY
O’NEAL EXIT AT THE FRONT DOOR
AS OFFICERS TRIED TO TAKE HIM
INTO CUSTODY. NOW, ONE OF THE
EYEWITNESSES SAYS SHE SAW DROP
TO THE GROUND AFTER HE WAS
FIRST SHOT BY POLICE IN THE
BACKYARD BEFORE GETTING BACK
AND RUNNING TO HIS CAR.
INVESTIGATORS SAY 5 OFFICERS
SHOT AND KILLED ON THE IL
AFTER HE TRIED TO RUN OVER THE
OFFICERS WITH THAT VERY SAME
CAR.
>> I WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR
AND EYEWITNESS. WE’RE NOT
IDENTIFYING FOR SECURITY
REASONS, SHE WAS IN THIS
BUILDING ON THE SECOND FLOOR
NEXT TO HER KITCHEN WINDOW
THAT OVERLOOKS THE BACKYARD
WHEN SHE HEARD LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS YELLING.
>> STAND DOWN. STAND DOWN. SO
SHE SAYS SHE LOOKED OUT THE
WINDOW AND SAW A GENTLEMAN
RUNNING ACROSS MY BACKYARD
HOLDING A LOOK LIKE IN A CHAOS
K S STYLE WEAPON AND IT LOOKED
LIKE HE WAS INTENDING TO SHOOT
AT THE OFFICERS. SHE SAYS FROM
HER ANKLE, SHE COULD ONLY SEE
THE MAN LATER IDENTIFIED AS
O’NEILL WITH THE WEAPON, BUT
NOT THE OFFICERS THAT SHE
PICKED THROUGH THE BLINDS. I
HEARD ONE POP AND I WATCHED
HIM DROP TO THE GROUND FACE
FIRST INTO THE BACK LAWN. THE
WOMAN SAYS SHE GRABBED
CHILDREN AND THEY HID IN THE
CLOSET WHERE SHE HEARD MORE
GUNSHOTS. SEVERAL DOORS DOWN.
THIS FLOYD ALSO HURT THE
INITIAL GUNSHOT. AND THEN I
CONSISTENTLY HER 2 MORE ONE
RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER. I HEARD
THEM VERY CLEARLY SAY. HE’S
MOVING. HE’S MOVING.
INVESTIGATORS SAY O’NEILL TOOK
OFF RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF
THE BUILDING. I COULD HEAR HIM
RUNNING THROUGH THE DOWNSTAIRS
OF THE BUILDING AND AND WOULD
SUBSEQUENTLY EMERGED UPFRONT.
POLICE SAY THAT’S WHEN O’NEAL
RAN OUT THE FRONT DOOR. BY
THIS TIME, FLOYD WAS LOOKING
UP HER FRONT WINDOW AND THAT’S
WHEN I SAW THE GUY LIKE
RUNNING OUT FROM THE SIDE
ACROSS THE YARD TO GET TO HIS
CAR AS SOON AS HE LIKE,
FLIPPED AROUND HIS DRIVER SIDE
TO GET IN. THAT’S WHEN.
>> ALL OF THE OFFICERS LIKE
SWARMED IN GUNS POIED
SHOUTING, ACCORDING TO A
WITNESS WHO LIVES ACROSS THE
STREET BUT DID NOT WANT TO BE
ON CAMERA. ONE OF THE OFFICERS
WAS LOCATED IT RIGHT WHERE I’M
STANDING. A SECOND OFFICER HE
SAYS WAS ABOUT RIGHT HERE. IT
SAYS A 3RD OFFICER WAS
SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE AND THE
4TH OFFICER WAS SOMEWHERE
AROUND HERE. NOT TOO FAR FROM
THE STREET.
>> FLOYD SAYS THAT’S WHEN SHE
REALIZED THIS WAS FAR MORE
SERIOUS. SO SHE RAN TO THE
BACK OF HER HOME TO TAKE COVER
WITH HER 4 MONTH-OLD. THEN SHE
SAYS SHE HEARD MORE GUNFIRE,
RAPID FIRE.
>> THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD
EVEN COUNTED IF I WANTED TO.
IT WAS SO RAPID ARE.
>> MOMENTS AFTER THE SHOOTING,
HER RING DOORBELL CAMERA
RECORDED OFFICERS PULLING
O’NEIL FROM THE CAR AND
STARTED TO PERFORM CPR. BUT
O’NEIL DIED AT THE SCENE. WHAT
WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AS
YOU SEE THIS OFFICER ON TOP OF
HIM TRYING TO REVIVE IT?
>> I’M GOING TO BE HONEST,
JUST WITH THE AMOUNT OF
GUNFIRE TO ME. IT SCENE
POINTLESS IT. I MEAN, THERE
WAS I DIDN’T SEE ANY WAY FOR
THAT MAN TO HAVE LIVED THROUGH
THAT. THIS IS THE GUN. POLICE
SAY O’NEAL PULLED ON THE
OFFICERS AND THIS PHOTO SHOWS
WHERE POLICE FOUND THE GUN IN
THE BACKYARD.
>> POLICE SAY O’NEAL WAS A
CONVICTED FELON WHO WAS WANTED
FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A
FIREARM. THEY ALSO SAY HE WAS
A SUSPECT IN BOTH THE MURDER
CASE AND AN ATTEMPTED MURDER
CASE. AND WHILE HE DID NOT
LIVE IN THIS BUILDING, A
WITNESS WE SPOKE WITH THE
BUILDING HAD BEEN UNDER POLICE
SURVEILLANCE FOR A LONG TIME.
>> WHEN I SPOKE WITH O’NEILL,
SISTER AND COUSIN, THEY BOTH
SAID THEY STILL WANT JSO TO
RELEASE THE BODYCAM VIDEO TO
SEE IF THE VIDEO SUPPORTS THE