ONE. >> NEWSFOURJAX STARTS RIGHT NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS
ALERT.
>> BREAKING NOW AT 5, A VERY
LARGE POLICE SCENE JSO SAID
THAT THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR
AN ARMED SUSPECT IN AN
OFFICER-INVOLVED INCIDENT.
SOURCES TELL NEWS FOR JACKED A
POLICE CANINE SHOP. THIS IS A
LOOK AT THE SCENE OF THE NORTH
SIDE PARKWAY. BUSH IN THE LAST
30 MINUTES, A SHELTER IN PLACE
FOR THE AREA HAS BEEN LIFTED.
>> AND THESE ARE IMAGES FROM
OUTSIDE EMERGENCY VETERINARY
CLINIC IN JAX BEACH. THIS IS
WHERE SOURCES TELL NEWS 4 JAX.
THE POLICE CANINE WAS FLOWN
FOR TREATMENT AND YOU COULD
SEE THE CANINE THERE ON A
STRETCHER BEING CARRIED ACROSS
AN INTERSECTION. IT IS STILL A
VERY ACTIVE SITUATION WHERE
WE’RE TOLD THE INCIDENT
ACTUALLY BEGAN ON WEST 45TH
STREET.
>> THERE ARE A SUSPECT, WE’RE
TOLD, FIRED A GUN AND THEN
SPED OFF CRASHING WHERE THAT
MANHUNT IS NOW UNDERWAY NEAR
BUSH DRIVE.
>> WE HAVE MULTIPLE CREWS
COVERING THE STORY. WE START
WITH THEIR DALTON. A LIVE ON
THE NORTH SIDE. ERIC, WHAT CAN
YOU TELL
>> YEAH. RIGHT NOW WE’RE AT
THE CORNER OF PARKER AND GUN
CLUB ROAD WERE JUST BEHIND ME
HERE. I’M GOING TO STEP OUT OF
THE WAY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT
OFFICERS, INCLUDING STATE
TROOPER, STILL HAVE THIS AREA
BLOCKED OFF FURTHER DOWN THE
ROAD OF MORE TROOPERS, MORE
POLICE. AGAIN, THIS ENTIRE
AREA OF THIS IS THE SEARCH
PART OF THE SEARCH AREA OFF
FOR THAT GUNMAN. NOW, WE NOW
HAVE MULTIPLE SOURCES SAYING
WHERE THAT CAR CRASH, THE
SUSPECT’S CAR CRASH WHEN JOE
AT JSO PULLED UP TO THE
WRECKED CAR OUT OF THE OUT OF
THE 2 BODIES WERE FOUND INSIDE
OF THAT. NOW WE DON’T IF THEY
WERE PART OF IT. WE DON’T KNOW
IF THESE BODIES THAT WAR WERE
PART OF THIS. INITIAL
INVESTIGATION, OF COURSE, THAT
IS GOING TO BE REVEALED MUCH
LATER. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT,
THOUGH, I LITERALLY JUST GOT
OFF OF THE A WOMAN WHO IS
INSIDE THE THE JACKSONVILLE
ZOO. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE
JACKSONVILLE ZOO IS STILL ON
LOCKDOWN. SHE SENT ME IN THESE
PICTURES. YOU LITERALLY SEE
PEOPLE TAKING COVER. SHE SAYS
THAT THEY WERE IN AN AREA NEAR
WHERE THE ELEPHANT EXHIBIT IS.
THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY JUST
STARTED HEARING A LOT OF
GUNSHOTS THAT SOUNDED CLOSE.
SHE SAID THAT THEY SOUNDED
LIKE THEY WERE REALLY LOUD
SHE’S THAT EVERYONE WAS TAKING
COVER. AND SOME OF THE
PICTURES THAT SHE IS SENT ME
THAT I LITERALLY JUST GOT ON
MY PHONE. YOU LITERALLY SEE
PEOPLE DUCKING FOR THERE
INSIDE THE ZOO THAT SHE SAID
THAT THAT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
IT’S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL.
THEY HAVE OF THEIR FEEDING
PEOPLE IN THEIR ON. THEY’RE
JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE. BUT
SHE SAYS IT IS A VERY TENSE
SITUATION THERE AT THE ZOO.
AND IT’S A VERY TENSE
SITUATION OUT HERE AS WELL. I
KNOW THAT THE SHELTER-IN-PLACE
ORDER HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT
LIFTED. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN
COME OUT, BUT YOU’VE GOT
PEOPLE AROUND HERE. THIS IS
BOTH AN AND AN INDUSTRIAL
AREA. AND IT’S ALSO A
RESIDENTIAL AREA. YOU’VE GOT
PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING OFF OF
NOT JUST FINDING OUT. THEY
CAN’T GO THAT WAY. YOU’VE GOT
PEOPLE TRYING TO COME INTO
WORK, FIND OUT THEY CAN’T COME
IN AND YOU’VE GOT PEOPLE THAT
OUT THERE OUTSIDE OF THE
REPORT IS TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT, OK, WHAT IS REALLY GOING
ON HERE. SO THERE’S JUST A LOT
TO ME THIS. WHEN YOU SEE I SAY
MASSIVE CRIME SCENE, THIS IS
TRULY A MASSIVE CRIME SCENE
WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF
THESE INTERSECTIONS BLOCKED
OFF BECAUSE AGAIN, ACCORDING
TO JSO, THEY’RE STILL LOOKING
FOR THIS ARMED SUSPECT. OF
COURSE, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
MORE ON THIS COMING UP IN
ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO FROM NOW.
AND YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SOUND
FROM THAT WOMAN I WAS TALKING
ABOUT AT THE HERE. JUST YOU
CAN HEAR IN HER VOICE JUST HOW
FRIGHTENING THIS SOUNDED. GOT
A FAMILY THAT WENT TO THE ZOO
HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WOULD
EVER BE PUT IN THIS POSITION
WHERE THEY CAN HEAR GUNSHOTS
THAT CLOSE AND THEN FIND
THEMSELVES DUCKING FOR COVER.
REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NORTH
SIDE. ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL 4,
THE LOCAL STATION.
>> ERIC, THANKS. NEWS FOR JAX
REPORTER JIM PIGGOTT IS IN JAX
BEACH WHERE THE POLICE CANINE
WAS TAKEN FOR TREATMENT. JIM.
>> YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH
THAT’S A VERY, VERY BUSY SCENE
THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, I’M
HERE AT FIRST COAST THAT ER
AND THAT IS WHERE THE POLICE
CANINE IS BEING TREATED HERE.
WHAT WE’RE BEING TOLD AT LEAST
FROM SOME SOURCES IS THAT THE
DOG IS GOING TO BE OK, EARLY,
SURVIVE ALL OF THIS. BUT YOU
CAN SEE NOT AS BUSY OF THE
SAME, BUT THERE ARE JSO
OFFICERS HERE AND OFFICERS
FROM JACKSONVILLE BEACH POLICE
HERE AS WELL. AND THERE’S A
CRIME SCENE. VAN HERE IN THE
PARKING LOT. AND YOU KNOW,
TAKING EVIDENCE PICTURES. I
WOULD IMAGINE OF THE DOG
INSIDE AS IT’S BEING TREATED
AT THIS POINT. THAT’S THE
SITUATION HERE. BUT LET ME
SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO THAT IT
HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THE DOG,
THE CANINE ARRIVED HERE BY
POLICE HELICOPTER AND THIS WAS
CAUGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE
HELICOPTERS LANDED. VERY
SERIOUS SITUATION. AND THEN
AFTER THAT, THE CREWS AND SOME
OF THE OF FROM INSIDE THE
CLINIC CAME OUT AND WERE ABLE
TO TAKE THE DOG INSIDE. AS I
MENTIONED, WE’RE TOLD THAT HE
IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE AT THIS
POINT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HEARD
THE NAME OF THE POLICE CANINE,
BUT IT DOES POINT THEY’RE NOT
REALLY RELEASING AT THIS
POINT. AND THIS AND THIS DOG
MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME
OTHER SITUATIONS AS WELL. SOME
HEROIC SITUATIONS AS WELL.
WE’RE WORKING TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT. BUT FOR NOW, WE’RE
STANDING BY HERE. NOBODY AT
THIS SCENE IS REALLY TALKING
AT THIS POINT ABOUT THE
CONDITION AND WHAT’S HAPPENING
INSIDE. BUT THEY ARE USING
THIS AND THEY’RE LOOKING FOR
EVIDENCE AND THEY HOPE TO HAVE
SOME GOOD NEWS COME OUT OF
THAT VARIANT FOR NOW. WE’RE
LIVE AT JACKSONVILLE BEACH,
JIM PIGGOTT CHANNEL 4, THE
LOCAL STATION.
>> THANKS, JIM. IN OUR
REPORTERS ARE WORKING TO LEARN