NASSAU, Fla. — The man accused of fatally shooting a Nassau County Sheriff's Office deputy had his first appearance waived Friday morning.
Patrick McDowell, 35, the subject of a five-day-long manhunt, was booked into the Nassau County Jail around 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
In the Friday court hearing via Zoom, the prosecutor says McDowell will be housed separately. He was then transferred to the Duval County jail for holding.
Standard protocol calls for a suspect accused of killing a deputy to be jailed in a different jurisdiction, according to Ashely Spicer with the Nassau County Sheriff's Office.
McDowell has already been assigned a public defender, and his next court date is Oct. 21. He was not given a bond.
McDowell is accused of shooting Deputy Joshua Moyers twice, in the face and the back, during a traffic stop Friday. Moyers died in the hospital on Sunday, according to Sheriff Bill Leeper. McDowell also shot a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office K-9.
He is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery on a police dog. McDowell is being held without bond as he waits to be transported to Jacksonville and booked into the Duval County Jail, the sheriff's office said.
McDowell was initially taken into custody on Tuesday and transported to UF Health Jacksonville to be treated for injuries from his capture.
First Coast News received photos from the capture showing the apparent wounds. Another photo shows Moyers' handcuffs binding McDowell's wrists.
"The handcuffs that we put on him were Deputy Moyers'," Sheriff Bill Leeper said during a news briefing Tuesday afternoon describing McDowell's arrest. He said he wished McDowell had given police the opportunity to shoot him and described him as a coward.