Police Shoot Suspect In NW Jacksonville
POSTED: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
UPDATED: 7:22 pm EDT August 20,
2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville police shot a man to whom they attempted to serve an arrest warrant Wednesday afternoon.
The police-involved shooting took place in Northwest Jacksonville in the 1200 block of Hart Street.
According to authorities, officers were in the area to serve an arrest warrant on a man, but the suspect fled. Officers gave chase, and one officer fired multiple times, striking the man.
Channel 4 learned the injured man was taken to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries.
The officer involved in the shooting was not hurt.
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