JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released details and video from the Jan. 5 officer-involved shooting of a man who is accused of pointing his rifle at police, then barricading himself inside his Arlington home for three hours.
The incident resulted in the injury of 68-year-old Ofero Manalon, a convicted felon who is prohibited from owning firearms, the sheriff’s office said.
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He was charged with aggravated assault on an officer and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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JSO said on Jan. 5, a man who lives on Creeks Ridge Road heard a gunshot close to his home. He thought his home was hit by gunfire, so he walked outside and saw Manalon’s son in the garage of a nearby house holding a rifle. The man called the police.
Officers arrived and saw the son in the garage with the rifle and commanded him to drop it and exit the garage. He complied and was handcuffed. JSO said his father then appeared in the garage and picked up the rifle and pointed it at the officers.
Officers G. Hernandez, M. Ross, and Q. Kincaid fired their handguns and hit Manalon, who went back into the house.
SWAT was called to the home as Manalon barricaded himself in the home. After three hours, SWAT threw tear gas into the home. The sheriff’s office said that Manalon moved to the back porch, where officers deployed a K-9 to take him into custody.
Paramedics took him to the hospital and he was in stable condition, JSO said.