>>JOY PURDY: THAT’S NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S
OFFICERS SHOOTING AND KILLING
A MURDER SUSPECT WHILE TRYING
TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. 29
YEAR-OLD TYREE O’NEILL’S
DEADLY ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE
HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER IN THE 5
POINTS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO TODAY
INVESTIGATORS REVEAL THAT HE
WAS A SUSPECT IN 3 SEPARATE
SHOOTINGS IN JACKSONVILLE. ONE
OF THEM DEADLY.
>>JOY PURDY: NEWS, JAX
REPORTER ERIK JOINING US LIVE
TONIGHT FROM 5 POINTS WITH THE
LATEST.
>> THIS IS THE LOCATION WHERE
OH, NEIL WAS SHOT AND KILLED
OFF ARE ON STREET BY JACK BY
JACKSONVILLE. POLICE NOW JSO
NOT ONLY RELEASED BODY CAM
VIDEO OF OFFICERS TRYING TO
TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY, BUT
THEY RELEASED 2 ADDITIONAL
VIDEOS. ONE OF THEM SHOWING
O’NEILL SHOOTING AND KILLING
SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THE MOTEL.
THE OTHER VIDEO WAS THAT OF A
DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN WHICH
POLICE SAY O’NEAL WAS THE
SUSPECT.
>> IN THIS BODY CAM VIDEO,
JACKSONVILLE POLICE ARRIVE AT
A RENTAL HOME STREETS OR
ARRESTS. 29 YEAR-OLD TYREE
O’NEILL, A SUSPECT IN A MURDER
CASE, A TRIPLE SHOOTING AT
ANOTHER SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE
PERSON INJURED. ALTHOUGH WE
CAN’T HEAR ANY AUDIO DUE TO
THE BODY CAMERA BUFFERING, WE
CAN SEE OFFICERS CHASED HIM TO
THE BACKYARD. A NEIGHBOR.
WE’RE NOT IDENTIFYING WHO
WITNESSED THE CHASE, DESCRIBED
WHAT SHE SAW FROM HER BACK
WINDOW OF 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. INVESTIGATORS SAY AN
OFFICER FIRED AT O’NEILL AFTER
O’NEAL BRANDIS THIS WEAPON. BY
THE TIME THE AUDIO ON THE BODY
CAMERA STARTS RECORDING. WE
SEAL NEIL ON THE GROUND AND WE
CAN HEAR OFFICERS GIVING HANDS
OUT. MOMENTS
>> THEY’LL GET HOPS OVER THE
FENCE THAT LEADS OFFICERS ON A
FOOT CHASE TO THE FRONT OF THE
HOME. A SECOND BODY CAMERA
RECORDS. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
O’NEAL GOT IN HIS CAR AND
TRIED TO DRIVE AWAY NOTICES
CARS COMING RIGHT AT OFFICERS.
>> WHAT YOU DON’T SEE THAT
BODY CAM VIDEO ON POLICE CAR
THAT ON THE OPEN DRIVING AWAY
IN THE STREET. A NEIGHBOR’S
SECURITY CAMERA RECORDED
POLICE PULLING ON OUT OF THE
CAR AND RENDERING AID. BUT
O’NEIL DIED AT THE SCENE.
NEIGHBORS WHO COULD HEAR THE
GUNSHOTS WERE RATTLED. RAPID
FIRE WITHIN 3 SECONDS. POP,
POP, POP, POP.
>> DEFINITELY. SOUNDS LIKE AN
AUTOMATIC WEAPON OF SOME SORT
RAPID GUNSHOTS.
>> YES, POLICE SAY 2 MONTHS
PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, A
SECURITY CAMERA AT A MOTEL ON
YOUNGERMAN CIRCLE RECORDED
PULLING AN UNARMED PERSON FROM
THE PASSENGER SEAT OF A CAR.
HE HAS A HANDGUN IN HIS RIGHT
HAND. WE PAUSED THE VIDEO
BECAUSE MOMENTS LATER HE
SHOOTS AND KILLS THE PERSON AT
POINT BLANK RANGE. THE VICTIM
WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS 33
YEAR-OLD SEMAJ BILLINGSLEY,
ALTHOUGH JSO CALLED THE VICTIM
A WOMAN, THE VICTIM’S FAMILY
TOLD NEWS 4 JAX. THE VICTIM
WAS TRANSGENDER AND IDENTIFIED
AS A MAN. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THAT
WAS THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE
ATTACK. THE FOLLOWING MONTH, 3
PEOPLE WERE SHOT OUTSIDE THIS
RED ROOF INN IN ARGYLE FOREST.
THEIR INJURIES WERE
NON-LIFE-THREATENING IN JSO,
HAD ALREADY IDENTIFIED O’NEILL
AS A SUSPECT. THAT’S A MONTH.
POLICE SAY THE SECURITY
FOOTAGE AT A GAS STATION ON
TIMUQUANA ROAD. SO 2 MEN
DUCKING FOR COVER AFTER BEING
SHOT AT BY SOMEONE IN AN SUV
THAT’S OFF CAMERA. ONE OF THE
MEN RETURNS FIRE O NEALE WAS
IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECT IN
THIS INCIDENT AFTER BALLISTICS
TESTING REVEALED THE BULLETS
USED DURING THIS DRIVE-BY
MATCH. THE BULLETS USED IN THE
KILLING OUTSIDE THE MOTEL ON
YOUNGERMAN CIRCLE MONTHS PRIOR
TO THOSE INCIDENTS, O’NEILL
HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON
AFTER HE WAS CONVICTED BACK IN
2012 ON CHARGES OF GRAND
THEFT, ASSAULTING A PREGNANT
WOMAN AND BURGLARY. NOW WE DID
REACH OUT TO O’NEAL’S MOTHER,
BUT SHE WAS TOO UPSET TO
COMMENT AFTER OF THE RELEASE
OF THOSE VIDEOS. SHE DID,
HOWEVER, SAY THAT SHE NOW HAS
ONE SON WHO WAS JUST RELEASED
FROM PRISON, WHO WAS NOW DEAD.
>> AND ANOTHER SON WHO WAS
STILL IN PRISON REPORTING LIVE