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https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2023/02/07/jacksonville-police-shooting-video-released-involving-grazed-officer/69881109007/ https://eu.jacksonvill
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https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2023/02/07/jacksonville-police-shooting-video-released-involving-grazed-officer/69881109007/ https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2023/02/07/jack...
Officers were following up a burglary in the 1700 block of West Second Street that occurred about 5:30 p.m. Brown said they were given a description of a black male wearing a black hoodie, jacket and skull cap and leaving on a black bicycle.
They also were informed that the burglary victim’s smart watch had been stolen. That person was able to track the GPS on the watch to nearby Hardee Street. About an hour later officers saw the bicycle matching the description and learned from a family member that the suspect owned it and was living in his car.
They located the vehicle, and the five officers noticed a handgun on top of the car and a man sleeping in the back. They decided to move the gun from the roof and open both doors at the same time, which is seen in the video.
The lead officer can be heard telling the man to wake up as they surrounded the car and kept flashlights shined on him. They repeatedly tell him to put his hands up and to step out of the car. He repeatedly responds "what's going on" and to get the lights out of his face. The officers begin to get a little impatient and one tells him, "Leon, step out, step out or we're going to pull you out." And within seconds for unknown reasons, the man fires a shot grazing the lead officer in the face, and all five returned fire killing him.