Officer hit by paralyzing gunfire, kills man in altercation

JACKSONVILLE, Florida – A man involved in a marital dispute in a room at an Argyle Forest hotel was shot and killed by a police officer in a confrontation Tuesday afternoon, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

According to JSO’s chief of investigations, TK Waters, there was a domestic unrest going on at the Quality Inn on Youngerman Circle, starting at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. Waters said a woman called officers there several times, the last time shortly after 12:30 p.m. Waters said the officers attempted to take him into custody and that there was a scuffle of more than 60 seconds with one of the officers, during which the man shouted that he was going to kill.

According to Waters, the man took control of Officer JH Wing’s Taser and knocked him out once, then the officer fired several shots. The man pounced on the officer again and the officer fired several more shots, Waters said.

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When the man collapsed, the officer handcuffed him and performed CPR until rescue personnel arrived and determined the man was dead.

Wing, who has worked for JSO for two years, suffered minor injuries. He was placed on administrative leave during the investigation, standard procedure. The second officer did not fire his gun. Waters said both officers carried body cameras.

“I heard a few shots. Sure enough, there was a body right there, lying under the second floor, ”hotel guest Eli Hernandez told News4Jax. “I prayed for this man.”

A woman staying at a hotel across the street posted on Facebook that she heard the gunshots.

“All I heard was three shots around 1 pm, then tons of cops in a matter of minutes. That’s all, ”she wrote.

James Dawson, who said he lives at the hotel, told News4Jax that the incident started as an argument between a couple.

“A girlfriend and boyfriend have a verbal argument. It was nothing physical at all. It was strictly verbal. He wanted to come in and she was mad at him, ”he said.

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Dawson said he was 10 feet from the room and could hear the fight.

“Basically screaming and ‘release me’ and stuff like that,” he said.

Dawson asked what the second officer was doing during the brawl.

“Like the other cop has a Taser, why didn’t he grab his Taser and Tase him?” Dawson said.

At a press conference, Waters said: “We are both trying to take control of the suspect they were trying to arrest. He didn’t want to be arrested, so he fought. They both fought, trying to control him, but they failed to do so. He was able to get the Taser and then use that Taser on our officer.

This was the third shooting involving police in Jacksonville in 2021 and the second that ended in death.