ORANGE PARK, Fla. – A 26-year-old man hospitalized after a deputy-involved shooting last month has since been released from the hospital and booked into jail.
Deputies responded to a call about a suicidal man at 351 Crossing Boulevard in Orange Park, off Wells Road, on Dec. 13.
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They said they confronted Nicholas Cannady in the breezeway of the apartment complex when he pointed a handgun at the two deputies. This led one deputy to fire his weapon three times at Cannady.
That deputy, Reginald Hyatt, rendered first aid to Cannady until Clay County Fire-Rescue personnel arrived to take Cannady to Orange Park Medical Center.
Cannady is charged with attempted murder and assault on a law enforcement officer.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the deputy-involved-shooting.
Hyatt has returned to his normal patrol assignment.