JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Five people have been detained following an officer-involved shooting on the Northside Thursday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
JSO said no officers were injured during the shooting and all the individuals involved have been detained.
Police say the incident happened at De Paul Drive and Westmar Road around 9:30 p.m. when JSO was conducting surveillance on a wanted person for a firearm-related charge.
JSO reported seeing two people leave a house, one armed with a rifle, approach a police vehicle in an unmarked car. The detective inside the vehicle reportedly activated emergency red and blue lights to show the two people he was a member of law enforcement.
The detective reportedly got out of the car and the two individuals pointed gun at him. The detective then fired multiple rounds but nobody was hit by gunfire.
The two individuals ran towards the house.
Police later found one of the men on the roof and four other people were taken out of home and surrendered. There were five people total detained.
The two initial individuals have pending aggravated assault charges. They are people of interest in other violent crimes so JSO is not releasing their names
There were no shots fired at the officer, who has been placed on administrative leave per JSO policy pending the outcome of an investigation into the shooting.
Sadie Wisenburg who has lived in her home for over 50 years says she saw the action first hand.
“I saw all the lights and one of the police said get back in the house and I told him I'm going and he said I said now get back in your house and about that time all them went running this way and that way," said Wisenburg.
Wisenburg says her neighborhood never used to have crime problems, but she believes one new resident is creating some.
“We’ve thought for six months to a year it’s drug-related over here with the kids coming and going and different cars pulling up," said Wisenburg.
Michelle Turner lives just down the street from Wisenburg and says she's still frightened from what happened.
“As a mother and grandmother I would prefer not to have these situations like I said we're all families here it just families there’s kids," said Turner.
Wisenburg says she plans on getting in touch with her neighbor's landlord and the next step could be getting an attorney.
“I hate to do it but he does have to care now because its personal effects now and it’s not lives but I mean it could've been a life last night." said Wisenburg.