>> WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. BREAKING TONIGHT AT 10. YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE
SCENE OF BREAKING NEWS ON THE
NORTH SIDE. THIS IS WHERE A
POLICE CANINE WAS SHOT AND 2
SUSPECTS ARE DEAD AFTER A
POLICE CHASE SHOOTING AND
CRASH SKY. 4 VIDEO FROM OVER
THE SCENE EARLIER TODAY SHOWS
US WHAT HAPPENED THERE. WE
KNOW A 3RD SUSPECT IS IN
CUSTODY TONIGHT. WE’RE ALSO
BEING TOLD THAT NO
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S
OFFICERS WERE INJURED, THE
JSO. WE’RE ALSO NOT CONFIRMED
THE IDENTITY OF THE CANINE
THAT WAS SHOT. BUT SOURCES SAY
IT’S A CANINE
>>MARY BAER: POLICE SAY THE
DOG IS NOW OUT OF SURGERY AND
IN STABLE CONDITION. NOW WE
HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT THE ANIMAL
HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS
AIRLIFTED. FOR TREATMENT,
YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT
IMAGE RIGHT THERE. NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER ERIK AVANIER JOINING
US LIVE NOW. ERIC, CAN WALK US
THROUGH HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDED?
>> YES, I WILL. BUT FIRST, LET
ME SET UP AND GIVE OUR VIEWERS
AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE.
STILL. WE ARE DIRECTLY ON ZOO
PARKWAY. I DIRECTLY ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE JACKSONVILLE
ZOO AND JUST BEHIND ME HERE
ACROSS THE STREET, IS THAT
SCENE WHERE, AS YOU CAN SEE,
DETECTIVES ARE STILL OUT HERE
AT THE LOCATION WHERE THAT
CRASH OCCURRED INVOLVING THE
SUSPECT VEHICLES. NOW, THE
SERIES OF EVENTS ALL STARTED
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
COMMONWEALTH AND DIVISION
STREET WHERE POLICE WERE
CALLED TO INVESTIGATE SHOTS
BEING FIRED. INVESTIGATORS SAY
OFFICERS SPOTTED A VEHICLE
MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF
THAT VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE
CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER ON
WEST 45TH STREET. BUT THERE
WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE AT
THAT LOCATION BETWEEN POLICE
AND THE SUSPECTS IN THE THAT’S
WHEN POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN LED
OFFICERS ON A CAR CHASE. NOW
THIS CHASE ENDED ON ZOO
PARKWAY IN FRONT OF THE
JACKSONVILLE ZOO WHERE THE
WHERE THE SUSPECT’S CAR
CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE
BEFORE COMING TO A STOP AT THE
ZOO. FENCELINE POLICE DEPLOYED
A SERVICE DOG INTO THE CAR
AFTER THE 3 SUSPECTS INSIDE
DIDN’T COME OUT. AND THAT’S
WHEN POLICE SAY THE CANINE WAS
SHOT. 5 OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE
AT THE CAR AND EXTRACT THE DOG
TO SAFETY. THIS ALSO PROMPTED
POLICE TO ORDER PEOPLE IN THE
AREA TO STAY INDOORS AND FOR
THE ZOO TO GO ON LOCKDOWN. I
SPOKE WITH 2 WOMEN WHO WERE
VISITING ZOO WITH THEIR
FAMILIES WHEN THEY SAY THEY
STARTED HEARING THE GUNFIRE.
>> HERE AT LAST JULY. ONE OF
THOSE SAME WORKERS CAME CLOSE
TO TEARS, NOT SHOOTER. AND WE
JUST RAN FOR LIVES. AFTER
YEARS OF 2 YEAR-OLD OF
ESPECIALLY FATHER, WE JUST
WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR
MIND WHEN ALL THIS WAS PLAYING
OUT?
>> I WAS GOING TO THIS BASE
AREAS. THING TO THINK YOU’RE
GOING TO THE ZOO AND YOU HAVE
TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE. FROM
SOMEBODY LIKE JSO TO THE TREE
LINE. AND THEY’RE AT THE HEART
OF THE PARK. IT WAS CRAZY.
>> NOW ONE OF THE SUSPECTS
FINALLY SURRENDERED. BUT THE
OTHER 2 PEOPLE INSIDE THE CAR
HAD DIED. INVESTIGATORS HAVE
NOT YET SAID IF THE 2 DIED
FROM THE CRASH OR FROM POLICE
GUNFIRE INTO THAT VEHICLE.
NOW, THERE WAS NO LONGER A
THREAT TO THE PUBLIC, THE ZOO
WAS NO LONGER ON LOCKDOWN.
ASKED FOR THE POLICE DOG THAT
WAS SHOT CANINES OF VALOR AND
OTHER SOURCES CONFIRMED THE
DOG WITH CANINE HOOK. HE’S THE
SAME DOG THAT HEALTH
AUTHORITIES IN NASSAU COUNTY
CAPTURE A WANTED FUGITIVE
ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND
KILLING NASSAU COUNTY DEPUTY
JOSHUA MOYERS LAST NOVEMBER,
CANINE HOOK WAS AIRLIFTED TO
AN ANIMAL EMERGENCY ROOM IN
JACKSONVILLE BEACH WHERE A
TEAM OF DOCTORS PERFORM
SURGERY ON A HAWK IS EXPECTED
TO RECOVER. OKAY. I THOUGHT
THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE
SOME SOUND FROM OKAY. TO GO
AHEAD. JUST KIND OF PARAPHRASE
FOR YOU. WE DID SPEAK TO ONE
OF THE DOCTORS THAT WORKED ON
HAWK. AND SHE SAYS THAT THE
TEAM A QUOTE. THE TEAM WAS
AMAZING. I’M SO IMPRESSED AND
SO GRATEFUL TO THE WORK WITH
THE SURGERY. EMERGENCY
CRITICAL CARE STAFF HERE
TODAY, EVERYONE SHE SAID DID
AN AMAZING JOB PULLING
TOGETHER AND IT WAS JUST A
REALLY SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE
THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE THAT
DOG’S LIFE. NOW, POLICE DID
RECOVER TO AT FROM 2 DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS, ONE FROM THIS
LOCATION, THE OTHER FROM THE
LOCATION OF ON 45TH STREET.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVE YET TO
IDENTIFY THE 3 SUSPECTS
INVOLVED IN THESE INCIDENTS.