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We’ve got details concerning the police involved shooting on Interstate 10 during the
morning of the many
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giving you that bird’s eye
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A shoot out a knife attack followed a deadly double shooting at a nearby Baldwin
truck stop on us 3 oh one.
>> Both major highways were
closed for several hours.
>> During the course of the
investigation.
>> Moments ago we got an update
from jso we’re pointed in the
direction of the semi then left
the location well on I
10 eastbound the officers
went out and he’s been looking
for
that vehicle. What’s a found
that vehicle they danos a
vehicle stopped on the side of
the road I 10 eastbound.
>> Also stopped their car began
approaching
the vehicle as they were
approaching a vehicle shots
ring out from that individual
and from
that vehicle. The couple though
shot struck one of our patrol
vehicles. The officers
returned fire. Also
Billy wounding that subject a
subject was transport to the
hospital where he remains in
critical condition at this
point.
>> None of the police officers
involved were hurt his projects
covering this story from all
angles news for Jax reporter
Jennifer ready has been
speaking with witnesses we
start with Ashley Harding we
just spoke with police Ashley.
>> Spurs police got that initial call at 7 o’clock when officers responded here to the
pilot travel center
on a 3 oh one at that’s where
they found 2 men who had been
shot one was dead here at the
scene the other was taken to
the hospital from there a
witness told police to look out
for particular some I what
you’re looking at right now is
the scene detectives are still
here crime scene tape is still
up it was in this area behind
the pilot travel center.
Officers found the semi they
said on I 10 eastbound
they say it was stopped on the
side the road. They say
officers approached the semi
that’s when someone fired shots
at them, hitting a patrol car
know the officers fired back
and shot the suspect the
suspect
we’re told is said to be in
critical condition at the
hospital and police are not
saying that’s exactly what led
up to all this they’re still
piecing all that together
with several crime scenes to
investigate they say it will
take some time before they’re
able to piece all of
this together. Now again I 10
West and East were shut down
for several hours and West has
since reopened let’s check in
now with news 4 Jax reporter
Jennifer ready. She’s joining
us from the mobile newsroom.
Jennifer were you right now how
are things looking.
>> Actually right now we are on
us 3 oh one
and us. I think it’s bound
lanes of I 10 are still closed
a lot of that traffic has been
being diverted
here to 3 oh one you can see
some of that traffic backed up
here this is much better than
what we were seeing earlier
this morning.
>> Where that traffic was
backed up white away
and also see these cones right
here they put these out to kind
of help
with the flow of traffic this
is video sent to us from a
viewer close to
the scene. Early this morning
on I 10 I 10 you could hear the
sirens and C several officers,
taking cover as you hear
gunshots as they
returned fire. Traffic also as
you can see was stopped for
quite some time the cars were
not moving sky 4 also flew over
the scene early this morning in
jso did close down the
Interstate going both
directions as
we mentioned I 10 West is back
open the eastbound lanes are
still closed. We spoke with one
woman this morning who was in
traffic and awe on I 10 after
this happened and later saw the
police activity at the pilot
come we leave our jobs. There’s
much.
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going on and there ♪ was like he did share was loose
or was going to die.
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>> As for when the eastbound lanes will reopen that is still unclear as you can tell they
have a very lengthy
investigation as we are from
investigators just a little
while ago. So at this point