THERE’S ANY TRUE CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF THAT ONE ISSUE WE’RE TRACKING OVER IN STARK,
AS THEY’RE NOT TONY TIME SAVER
TRAFFIC MELANIE JEN.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THANK YOU
LENA BREAKING OVERNIGHT POLICE
SAY 4 OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED
A MAN IN THE
LAKESHORE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT
HAPPENED DURING A TRAFFIC STOP
LAST NIGHT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF SAN JUAN AND
CASSAT
AVENUE IS NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER
BRITTANY MULLER JOINS US AND
SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHO SAYS THE
MAN WHO WAS KILLED. A GRANDSON.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THAT’S RIGHT. SHE SAYS HER GRANDSON WAS 19 YEARS OLD AND MOST LIKELY WAS
ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK AT
THE MCDONALD’S ON
ON 17. SHE SAYS THAT HE WAS IN
THE CAR WITH HIS 2 COUSINS WHEN
THEY PULLED OVER AND THERE’S
STILL A LOT THAT WE’RE WORKING
TO LEARN AND JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS OUR CRIME AND SAFETY EXPERT KEN JEFFERSON, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE
DO KNOW, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT
KIND OF TRAFFIC STOP THIS IS
BUT WE DO KNOW AFTER THE
TRAFFIC STOP THIS MAN BECAME
AGITATED AND IT ESCALATED, BUT
POLICE ARE TRYING TO DE
ESCALATE
THE SITUATION AND YOU EAT WHAT
YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS POLICE
INVOLVED SHOOTING WHAT CAN YOU
TELL ME WHEN
THERE IS POLICE 4 POLICE
OFFICERS TRYING TO DE ESCALATE
A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE
IS AGITATED.
>> WELL RIGHT NOW SO MANY
THINGS A SKETCHY AND WE CAN
ONLY GO BY THE PRELIMINARY
INFORMATION THAT THE POLICE IS
IS GIVING US RIGHT NOW, YES, AS
TO WHAT HAPPENED.
SO IT’S GOING TAKE SOME TIME
FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE
WHATEVER BUT WE HAVE A TRAFFIC
STOP AND WE’VE GOT MORE THAN
ONE PERSON INSIDE THE CAR WAS
IMPORTANT
IS THAT. EVERYONE INSIDE THE
CAR COMPLY WITH THE DEMANDS OF
THE OFFICERS, WHATEVER IT IS
SOMETHING HAD TO HER I DON’T
KNOW WHAT BECAUSE IT’S STILL
SKETCHY FOR THEM TO OPEN FIRE.
ON THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL.
NOT
NOT JUST BECAUSE HE WAS
AGITATED MUST HAVE HAD A WEAPON
OR SHOW THEM SOMETHING OR HAVE
THE ABILITY TO GET A WEAPON.
I’M NOT ACCUSING HIM OF THAT
I’M NOT CERTAIN
BECAUSE OF THE SKETCHY
INFORMATION THAT AT LEAST TO
THE TOP SEEDS OF A WAIT
AND SEE.
>> WHAT COMES OUT OF THE
INVESTIGATION WE DO KNOW FROM
POLICE AND HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
THAT IN A WEAPON WAS FOUND IN
THE FRONT PASSENGER OF THE
VEHICLE. BUT I JUST SPOKE WITH
THE GRANDMOTHER WITHIN THE PAST
20 MINUTES. SHE
DID IT. TELL ME THAT THE 2
COUSINS THAT WERE ALSO IN THE
VEHICLE WERE PULLED OUT
BY CANINES AND THAT HER
GRANDSON SITTING IN THE FRONT
PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT REFUSE
TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE NOT
HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY
POLICE BUT THIS IS WHAT THE
GRANDMOTHER SAYING SO DOES
THIS. THIS IS GOES TO WHAT
YOU’RE SAYING. >> AGAIN YOU HAVE TO CONFORM TO THE DEMANDS OF THE ALSO
WHATEVER THE OFFICERS ARE
ASKING OR TELLING YOU TO DO
THAT’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE YOU
CAN ARGUE THAT LATER IN
CORRIDOR, WHATEVER MAKE
A COMPLAINT.
>> IT ALSO IS TELLING YOU TO
GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE IS
TELLING YOU TO SHOW YOU TO USE
HAND. SO HIM
YOUR HANDS. THAT’S WHAT YOU GOT
TO DO AND IF THERE’S A WEAPON
IN THE SENATE ALSO AND THE
OFFICE THE SEE SEE
THAT WEAPON WE’RE GOING TO TRY
TO KEEP YOU AWAY FROM IT AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT IF YOU
MAKE THE WRONG
JUST ARE.
>> MOVE TOWARDS THAT WE HAVEN’T
EVEN TRIED TO STRESS AND THE
WOMEN OF THOUGH THERE THEY’RE
GOING TO BE JUSTIFIED IN USING
DEADLY FORCE IF THAT’S IF
THAT’S THE CASE. IF YOU
DON’T COMPLY. >> WITH THEIR DEMANDS CAN LET ME ASK YOU SO WE DON’T KNOW IF
THE WEAPON WAS PULLED OUT WE DO
KNOW THAT IT WAS FOUND IN THE
VEHICLE. WE JUST DON’T HAVE
THAT TIMELINE BUT WHAT
CONSTITUTES FOR JSO USING
DEADLY FORCE IN THIS TYPE OF
INCIDENT.
>> IT’S A DAILY MIX TO HAVE A
TRAFFIC STOP A PERSON AND WITH
ALL AT THE
SAME TIME BECAUSE THAT’S A
DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR
EVERYBODY FOR THE PERSON INSIDE
THE VEHICLE. AS WELL AS
AN OFFICER WHO WAS JUST DOING
HIS JOB AND IF THERE’S A WEAPON
FOUND IN THE VEHICLE THAT MEANS
THAT THE OFFICER HAD TO HAVE
SEEN THAT WEAPON BEFORE THEY’RE
ABLE TO USE
DEADLY FORCE ON THIS BIGGER
PERSON JUST BECAUSE A PERSON IS
AGITATED IS
NOT JUSTIFIABLE TO USE DEADLY
FORCE BUT IF THERE’S A WEAPON
INVOLVED AND YOU JUST SAY
THERE’S A WEAPON THAT WAS FOUND
IN THE CAR.
THEN OBVIOUSLY THE OFFICE
CULPRIT NEWSOME CALLAWAY IN
THAT
A PERSON IS NOT COOPERATING,
THERE’S NO TELLING WHAT HE MAY
HAVE DONE. >> WITH THAT WEAPON AGAINST THE OFFICER KEN THANK YOU SO MUCH
AS ALWAYS FOR JOINING US ON THE
MORNING SHOW. NOW I CAN TELL YOU FAMILY HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ME
THEY SAY MORE FAMILY MEMBERS
ARE COMING INTO TOWN. WE’RE
EXPECTING TO LEARN MORE
INFORMATION
FROM THEM BEFORE OFFICERS
INVOLVED HAVE ALL BEEN PLACED
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
WHICH IS PROTOCOL IN THIS TYPE
OF INCIDENT. THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WILL