BREAKING: A suspect is dead in an officer-involved shooting on the Westside, Jacksonville police say.
In a news conference Thursday afternoon, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Chief of Investigations T.K. Waters said the incident began just before 4 a.m. when police received a call about a mentally ill man who was causing a disturbance at a home on Morse Avenue.Several hours later, around 11:30 a.m., police received more calls from neighbors claiming the man was vandalizing homes.
This time, officers located the man in a wooded area. According to Waters, as one of the JSO officers approached, he found the suspect was holding an ax and began ordering him to put it down. Police say during the exchange, the man raised the ax and the officer fired a single shot, killing him.
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