JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Officer Daricaud worked with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for two years before he was shot in the line of duty Sunday.
First Coast News sat down exclusively with Jasmine Faison, Officer Malik Daricaud’s wife.
She says her husband is determined to get better but that he's progressing slowly because he has a long road of recovery ahead. She says he is sleeping a lot because of all the medications he’s on, but he’s in the hospital and will be going to rehab next.
There’s no timeline for his recovery because his injuries are very severe, she explains.
The shooting happened Sunday. Police say he was attempting to speak to a suspect who ran from a traffic stop a week prior as he approached the door, shots rang out.
Faison could not tell First Coast News where her husband was shot because they are being selective in what they can share, but she says the good news is he is not paralyzed.
“I am grateful because if he was shot somewhere else, we’d be looking at a funeral instead of rehab, so maybe I’ll be angry later, but as of now, I just feel incredibly grateful and blessed that he is still here, and I can deal with the rehab, and I can deal with months of recovery, but I don’t think I’d be able to take a funeral,” said Faison.
We talked about their young son Malachi and Faison says he also has to deal with them being away while his father is healing.
