JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A man is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Clay County Friday night, according to law enforcement.
The Clay County Sheriff's Office says prior to 6 p.m., deputies received a call for assistance from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
CCSO responded to the 1100 block of Park Avenue and encountered the JSO SWAT team who advised they had just been involved in a shooting.
JSO said the incident initially began when Broward County Sheriff's Office contacted them approximately a week ago in regard to a murder investigation.
A search warrant was obtained for a residence and a vehicle in Jacksonville and two firearms were located, JSO. That information was relayed back to the Broward County Sheriff's Office which then issued an arrest warrant for a man believed to be connected to the murder investigation.
JSO says they were able to locate the man inside a vehicle in a parking space in Orange Park.
JSO says they blocked the vehicle in and officers were trying to make contact with him when the man reportedly said, "I'm not getting out you're going to have to kill me."
Police continued to try and get the man out of the vehicle with no success. JSO says it was at that time that the suspect produced a handgun. Police then fired at the man to eliminate the threat.
JSO says officers rendered aid to the man at the scene, but he was later pronounced dead. He was not identified by police.
There were two officers involved in the shooting and this is their second officer-involved shooting. JSO says they will be placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an official investigation, per policy.
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said the two officers made the right call in shooting the man.
"An officer is not required to let someone shoot at them before they use deadly force that has never been okay and it’s not okay in this situation. So, they [the two officers] did what they did they followed the law and it ended up like it did," Sheriff Waters said.
This is the 7th officer involved shooting this year.
