{"id":77520,"date":"2025-07-20T08:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/77520\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T08:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:11:11","slug":"man-dead-after-officer-involved-shooting-near-beach-boulevard-and-st-johns-bluff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/77520\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dead after officer-involved shooting near Beach Boulevard and St. Johns Bluff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Man dead after officer-involved shooting near Beach Boulevard and St. Johns Bluff<\/p>\n

An officer-involved shooting near Beach Boulevard and St. John\u2019s Bluff resulted in the death of an armed man and temporarily shut down the busy roadway Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred near the Intown Suites hotel, where police said a series of chaotic events unfolded.<\/p>\n

According to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, it began when a 69-year-old man driving a truck crashed into a car driven by a woman, which was carrying her two children, ages 7 and 10.<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, all three sustained only minor injuries.<\/p>\n

The situation escalated when the man exited his truck carrying a gun and made statements about killing himself. Officers arrived and attempted to negotiate for approximately 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office Chief Alan Parker explained what happened next.<\/p>\n

\u201cA person on a bicycle, unaware of what was going on, started riding into the area. The suspect turned his attention toward that individual, and at that point, our officer had to engage him,\u201d said Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office Chief Alan Parker.<\/p>\n

Police said the suspect was still armed and not complying with commands when officers fired their weapons, striking the man with a rifle.<\/p>\n

Nearby residents at the Intown Suites described the scene.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShortly after the intercom, we heard a \u2018bop bop.\u2019 That\u2019s when we knew something serious was happening,\u201d said Brentt.<\/p>\n

I was just coming down here to meet my wife; she just got off work. I saw lights and thought it was just a traffic stop. Next thing I know, the whole area is locked down. I don\u2019t even know how she\u2019s supposed to get out,\u201d said Howard Newell.<\/p>\n

Emergency responders transported the suspect to a local hospital, but he later died from his injuries. His identity has not been released.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters commented on the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe officers made a decision and took care of the business that needed to be taken care of. Unfortunately, he lost his life, but I\u2019m sure we saved some others,\u201d said Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters.<\/p>\n

Police confirmed the man had five prior DUI convictions but no documented history of mental illness.<\/p>\n

This marks the 12th officer-involved shooting involving the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man dead after officer-involved shooting near Beach Boulevard and St. Johns Bluff An officer-involved shooting near Beach Boulevard…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":77521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[53631,5229,3188,723,53630,7310,46660,16047,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-77520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-alan-parker","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-fl","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-intown-suites","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-jacksonville-sheriff","15":"tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114884554574465674","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}