IN A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. AFTER THE BREAK. >> NEWSFOURJAX STARTS RIGHT
NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS
ALERT.
>> PHOTOS SHOW THE ACCUSED
KILLER OF NASSAU COUNTY DEPUTY
JOSH MOYERS CAPTURED AFTER A
FIVE-DAY MANHUNT. FIRST OUR
COMMUNITY. WE’VE AND SHERIFF
BILL LEEPER SAYS PATRICK
MCDOWELL CRAWLED LIKE A BABY
FROM THIS LITTLE LEAGUE
BUILDING IN CALLAHAN AS LAW
ENFORCEMENT CLOSED. I’LL JUST
I WISH HE WOULD GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY.
>> WHAT HE DID AND HE CRAWLED
OUT
>> SHERIFF LEEPER SAYS THE
HANDCUFFS USED TO HOLD
MCDOWELL BELONG TO DEPUTY
MOYERS AS 29 YEAR-OLD DEPUTY
DIED SUNDAY. 2 DAYS AFTER
INVESTIGATORS SAY MCDOWELL
SHOT HIM DURING A TRAFFIC STOP
IN CALLAHAN. THE FUGITIVE WAS
CAUGHT JUST OVER 2 MILES FROM
THE SCENE OF SATURDAY’S
TRAFFIC. STOP. HE WAS TAKEN.
YOU HAVE HEALTH HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE FOR TREATMENT OF
2 GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND BITE
INJURIES FROM A CANINE.
>> WE HAVE SEVERAL REPORTERS
COVERING THE STILL BREAKING
DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE GRIPPED
OUR COMMUNITY. WE BEGIN NEWS.
4 JAX REPORTER SCOTT JOHNSON
JOINING US LIVE FROM US. TELL
SCOTT.
>> TOM PATRICK MCDOWELL WAS
BROUGHT HERE AND WHEN HE WAS
BROUGHT OUT ON A STRETCHER
FROM THE AMBULANCES, HE WAS
STILL CUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK
AND HE WAS JUST WEARING
SHORTS, SOCKS AND YOU CAN SEE
INJURIES ALL OVER HIM FROM HIS
DAYS ON THE RUN.
>> WE WERE HERE AS PATRICK
MCDOWELL WAS TRANSPORTED BY
AMBULANCE FROM NASSAU COUNTY.
WE COULD SEE AS HE WAS
UNLOADED FROM THE AMBULANCE TO
WITH BANDAGES ON HIS ARM AND
LEG.
>> ON FRIDAY, THE SHERIFF SAYS
MCDOWELL SHOT THIS CANINE
NAMED CHAOS AFTER THAT DEPUTY
SHOT MCDOWELL, WOUNDING HIM IN
THE LEG AND GRAZING HIM ON THE
HEAD. MCDOWELL TOOK OFF AFTER
THAT. AS FOR THE ARM INJURIES
YOU SEE ON THE DOW. THE
SHERIFF SAYS THEY LOSE TO A
CANINE AGAIN ON HIM TODAY.
WHENEVER MCDOWELL WOULDN’T
COMPLY WITH ALL THEIR DEMANDS.
NOW THE FOCUS IS GETTING
MCDOWELL, STABILIZE THEM BACK
INTO CUSTODY IN NASSAU COUNTY
NEWS, 4 JAX CRIME AND SAFETY
EXPERT KEN JEFFERSON SAYS
THAT’S ONE FORCE MONTH’S
PRIMARY CONCERN BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO SEE HIM IN COURT. THE
FIRST THING THEY WANT TO DO IS
MAKE SURE THAT SECURE.
>> AND THEN GET HIM MEDICAL
HELP HIM OR HER MEDICAL HELP.
AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE DID,
WHICH IS ATROCIOUS. THEY STILL
WILL PROVIDE HIM MEDICAL HELP
BECAUSE THEY WANT HIM TO BE
ABLE TO GO GO GO TO COURT,
STAND TRIAL IN.
>> AN ANSWER FOR HIS CHARGES.
>> AND CAN TELLS ME MCDOWELL
SHOULD REMAIN COUGH TO AND
SECURE THE ENTIRE TIME. HE’S
IN THE HOSPITAL AND OFTENTIMES
IN CASES LIKE THESE, A LOT OF
GUARD OUTSIDE THE ROOM, HE
SAYS IN THIS CASE IT’S
POSSIBLE THE LAB ONE, 24 7
INSIDE THE ROOM MAKE DALLAS
TRAINING AS A MARINE. WE’RE
LIVE WITH HEALTH. SCOTT
JOHNSON CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL
STATION. THANK YOU, SCOTT.
MORE THAN 200 LOCAL STATE AND
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE
MANHUNT FOR MCDOWELL AND
SHERIFF LEEPER CREDITS THEM
AND SAYS
>> WITHOUT THEIR HELP, HE
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY. THESE
ARE NEW PHOTOS FROM THE
CALLAHAN LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX
WHERE HE WAS CAUGHT. WE’VE
ALSO LEARNED AT LEAST ONE
OTHER PERSON WAS ARRESTED FOR
HELPING MCDOWELL.
>> IT’S 4 JAX REPORTER AND
MAXWELL JOINS US LIVE FROM THE
BASEBALL FIELDS WHERE THE
SEARCH FINALLY ENDED AROUND
NOON AN.
>> THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN
GET, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S
STILL AN INVESTIGATION
UNDERWAY. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE,
THERE’S CRIME SCENE TAPE UP
EARLIER TODAY. RIVER ROAD WAS
BLOCKED OFF WITH A FLURRY OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY. WE
SAW SWAT TEAM COME IN, HEARD
SOME COMMANDS FROM A
MICROPHONE. AND SOON AFTER
THAT, WE GOT WORD THAT
MCDOWELL HAD BEEN CAPTURED.
>> WE GOT OUR MAN AFTER 5 DAYS
OF SEARCHING BY GROUND CANINE
AND AIR FUGITIVE PATRICK
MCDOWELL WAS CAPTURED AT THE
LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX JUST
WEST OF CALLAHAN IS A GREAT
DAY IN NASSAU COUNTY. SHERIFF
BILL LEEPER SAYS THE
INVESTIGATION LED LAW
ENFORCEMENT HERE AND THEY
SURROUNDED THE CONCESSION
STAND AND BATHROOMS AREAS. HE
CALLED OUT.
>> AND HE WANTED TO GIVE
YOURSELF UP. IT CAME OUT SO
GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT
CAME OUT OF THE BATHROOMS. AND
GET DOWN ON THE GROUND AND
CRAWL. THE CROWD LIKE A BABY.
>> LIKE THE COWARD HE IS.
MCDOWELL WAS ON THE RUN FOR 5
DAYS, WANTED FOR SHOOTING
DEPUTY JOSH MOYERS TWICE
DURING A TRAFFIC STOP FRIDAY
MORNING. MOYERS DIED SUNDAY. A
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE SAYS MCDOWELL’S CAPTURE
IS BITTERSWEET. THEY’RE
RELIEVED THE SEARCH IS OVER,
BUT STILL HEARTBROKEN OVER THE
LOSS OF A DEPUTY. I WISH HE
WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY.
>> WHAT HE DID AND HE CRAWLED
OUT LIKE A COWARD. IN CUSTODY.
>> PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA
ARE ALSO GLAD THE SEARCH IS
OVER. MEANWHILE, THE
INVESTIGATION INTO HOW
MCDOWELL ALLUDED LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES. THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS ONE
PERSON IS IN CUSTODY, ACCUSED
OF HELPING MCDOWELL WHILE HE
WAS ON THE RUN. AND THERE MAY
BE MORE ARRESTS TO COME.
>> A SPOKESPERSON WITH THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS MCDOWELL
ACTUALLY APOLOGIZED TO ONE OF
THE SWAT OFFICERS WHILE HE WAS
BEING ARRESTED. FOR NOW
REPORTING LIVE IN NASSAU
COUNTY AND KNOXVILLE CHANNEL
4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>> THANK YOU. AND MCDOWELL
PREVIOUSLY STATED THE 5 STAR
VETERANS CENTER. IT HELPS
VETERANS COPING WITH PTSD,
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OR
ADDICTION. TODAY, THE CENTER
TOLD US MCDOWELL WAS A SHORT
TERM RESIDENT ON 2 OCCASIONS.
THE FIRST FROM MARCH TO APRIL
2020, IT SAYS HE CHOSE TO
LEAVE WITHOUT NOTIFICATION AND
THEY DIDN’T HEAR FROM HIM
AGAIN UNTIL MAY OF THIS YEAR.
HE RETURNED THROUGH A REFERRAL
FROM THE VETERANS TREATMENT
COURT. THE CENTER SAYS HE ONLY
STAYED THROUGH JULY AND LEFT
BECAUSE HE WAS NOT COMPLYING
WITH THE PROGRAM. CENTER SAYS
MCDOWELL WAS A MARINE COMBAT
VETERAN WHO NEEDED LONG-TERM
CARE AND HE WAS NOT WILLING TO
ACCEPT THE HELP. THE CENTER
ALSO EXTENDS ITS CONDOLENCES
TO DEPUTY MORRIS FAMILY.
>> DEPUTY MOYERS FUNERAL WILL
BE HELD SATURDAY AT CALLAHAN
BAPTIST CHURCH. HIS FAMILY
WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE
CHURCH BEGINNING AT 10 O’CLOCK
THAT MORNING. THE SERVICE WILL
BEGIN AT NOON MOYERS WILL BE
LAID TO REST AT OAKWOOD
CEMETERY IN HILLIARD, A GO
FUND ME ACCOUNT SET UP TO HELP