>> WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. AND BREAKING NOW AT 10, A MAN IS DEAD AFTER AN
ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE
OFFICERS. THIS IS A LOOK AT
THE LARGE SCENE ON THE
WESTSIDE OF JACKSONVILLE
LOOKING AT FROM SKY FOR
TONIGHT. INVESTIGATORS SAY
OFFICERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO
CONDUCT A FELONY TAKE DOWN.
THAT SUSPECT TURNED THE GUN ON
HIMSELF AND WE’RE WORKING TO
LEARN THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO
DIED. NEWS. 4 JAX REPORTER
ERIK AVANIER IN CRIME AND
SAFETY EXPERT KEN JEFFERSON
ARE BOTH LIVE AT THE SCENE.
>>MARY BAER: NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF SAN JUAN
AVENUE AND JAMIES ROAD. WE
BEGIN WITH ERIC. THERE IS
STILL A VERY LARGE POLICE
PRESENCE OUT THERE.
>> YES, A VERY LARGE POLICE
PRESENCE AT THE SCENE WORLD
SAN JUAN AVENUE AND JUST
ACROSS THE STREET BEHIND ME IS
WHERE THAT INCIDENT TOOK
PLACE. ACCORDING TO
INVESTIGATORS AROUND 5.30,
THIS EVENING, A JSO SWAT UNIT
WAS CONDUCTING AN OPERATION
JUST UP THE ROAD WHEN THEY
RECEIVED A TIP THAT A MAN WITH
MULTIPLE WARRANTS WAS HERE ON
SAN JUAN AVENUE. THEY LOCATED
HIM INSIDE HIS CAR IN A
PARKING LOT BEHIND A BUSINESS
AND THEN MOVED IN ON HIM.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN
BRANDISHED A GUN AND THAT’S
WHEN ONE OF THE OFFICERS FIRED
HIS SERVICE WEAPON AT HIM BUT
DID NOT HIT THAT MAN. POLICE
SAY SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE MAN
PULLED PUT THE GUN TO HIS HEAD
AND KILLED HIMSELF. A SECOND
PERSON WHO WAS IN THE VEHICLE
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BUT NOT
ARRESTED. A WITNESS WHO WAS
ACROSS THE STREET HE HEARD THE
GUNSHOTS.
>> I JUST REMEMBER WHEN I
FIRST CAME, I WAS SITTING ON
THEIR 3RD GUNSHOTS.
>> IT MY CAREER WAS JIM AND
SUDDEN SOMETHING HAPPEN. AND
THEN AFTER THE GUNSHOT THAT
WAS SEEN, THE COPS COME
AROUND. ON THAT, WE WE KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SOURCES.
SOME I GOT YOU.
>> NO, ALTHOUGH POLICE HAVE
NOT IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT,
THEY SAY HE HAD 2 WARRANTS FOR
GRAND THEFT. ONE WARRANT FOR
AUTO THEFT, ANOTHER WARRANT
FOR FLEEING AND ELUDING AND A
WARRANT FOR DRIVING ON A
SUSPENDED LICENSE. BACK HERE
JOINING ME IS OUR CRIME AND
SAFETY EXPERT KEN JEFFERSON.
CAN’T YOU KNOW THE COURT TO
GO? THE QUESTION THAT
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE
ASKING IS WHY WOULD SOMEONE
TAKE THEIR LIFE IN THIS
FASHION WHEN THEY’RE CORNERED
BY POLICE ON CHARGES THAT
APPEAR TO BE NONVIOLENT? YEAH,
YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU
HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD AND HAD
BEEN TO JAIL BEFORE YOUN IN
PRISON, BUT A LOT OF TIMES
WHEN YOU’RE IT WHEN THEY’RE IN
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, THEY’RE
MAKING UP THEIR MINDS AND
THEY’RE NOT GOING BACK TO
PRISON OR THEY’RE NOT GOING TO
PRISON AT ALL.
>> KNOWING THAT HE HAD 5
WARRANTS OUT FOR HIS WRIST, 3
OF THEM BEING FELONIES. HE
KNEW THAT UPON CONVICTION.
HE’LL BE PUT AWAY FOR QUITE
SOME TIME AND WHAT THEY ALSO
HAVE ASK YOU TO. ARE YOU
SURPRISED THAT THE OTHER
PERSON WHO WAS IN THAT VEHICLE
BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE PERSON
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, BUT NOT
THERE WAS A PASTOR. ARE YOU
SURPRISED THAT PERSON WAS NOT
INJURED IN ALL OF THIS?
>> YES, THAT PERSON IS VERY
FORTUNATE NOT TO BE HIT
BECAUSE WHEN A PERSON IS
BRANDISHING A WEAPON, ALL
YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT HIS
SURVIVAL AS A POLICE OFFICER
AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME AND
STOPPING THE THREAT. SO THAT
PERSON IS VERY FORTUNATE THAT
THEY WANT HERE. WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THIS TIP THAT JSO SWAT
UNIT GOT? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY
THEY WERE WORKING ON SOMETHING
ELSE UP THE ROAD FROM HERE
WHEN THEY GOT THIS TIP ABOUT
WANTED FELON. THIS GOES TO
SHOW YOU THAT SAID QUITE OFTEN
THAT THE POLICE CANNOT SOLVE
CRIMES WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY
AND THE COMMUNITY STEPPED UP,
GAVE THEM A TIP. THE FOLLOW UP
ON IT. IT WAS A REAL LIFE,
TOO. THAT WAS FLUID. THAT WAS
HAPPENING AT THE TIME. SO
KUDOS TO TO THE COMMUNITY FOR
GIVEN THAT TIP TOO. TO THE
POLICE AND WHAT THE SUSPECT
DID BY TAKING HIS OWN LIFE AS
HE SAVE THE TAXPAYERS A WHOLE
LOT OF MONEY. AND I WANT TO
ASK YOU JUST BASED ON THE
DETAILS THAT YOU HEARD IN ALL
OF THIS, I KNOW YOU YOURSELF
AS AN INVESTIGATOR, YOU HAVE
BEEN THROUGH A SIMILAR
SITUATION ROLLING UP ON
SOMEONE WHO BRANDISHED A GUN
AND PUT THE GUN TO THEIR HEAD.
ACTUALLY, IT HAPPENED ON THIS
SIDE OF TOWN. WHEN I WAS IN
THE DETECTIVE UNIT IN THE 6TH
ROUND IT, ALMOST THE EXACT
SAME SUMMIT TO THIS WITH A
PULLED UP ON THE PERSON
STOPPED THEM FOR THE MORE THEY
PULLED OUT A GUN, BRANDISHED A
WEAPON, PUT IT TO THE HEAD
BEFORE SUNDAY. NOBODY WAS HURT
IN IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE.
AND SUBJECT WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
YEAH, OF COURSE. THAT WAS AN
INCIDENT LIKE YOU SAID, NOBODY
WAS HURT. BUT IN I THINK YOU
CAN. THIS OBVIOUSLY IS AN
INCIDENT IN WHICH A SOMEONE
DECIDED THAT THEY WERE JUST
TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE AGAIN. THE
OFFICER A SHOT AT THAT
INDIVIDUAL FIRST BUT DID NOT
HIT THAT PERSON. AND ACCORDING
TO DETECTIVES IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THAT SHOT WAS FIRED, THE
SUSPECT TOOK HIS OWN LIFE
REPORTING LIVE. ERIK AVANIER
CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>>MARY BAER: THANK YOU, ERIC.
THIS IS THE 8TH
OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. 3
HAVE BEEN DEADLY TO HAVE LEFT