JSO releases bodycam, 911 calls from officer-involved shooting of man charged with kidnapping, assault

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Monday released body camera footage and 911 calls from the night officers shot a man charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault and battery.

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Watch the full incident briefing below. Viewer discretion is advised.

Deputies were called to a home on Eberly Drive, off St. Johns Bluff Road around 9:20 p.m. on May 14 after a woman and an infant hid in the backyard during a domestic disturbance involving Marcus Delay, 30, who shares a baby with the woman.

Officers had responded to the same address earlier that day around 11:50 a.m. on a separate domestic battery call.

When officers arrived, Delay had already left and they spoke to the visibly injured woman, JSO said. When the officers left, Delay returned to the home still drunk with a handgun and held the woman against her will in a bedroom.

Officials said Delay pointed the gun at her and said her would kill her if she tried to leave and made threats to “shoot everyone” if she called police.

Delay left the bedroom and grabbed multiple weapons, including a rifle and fired multiple rounds in the front yard. JSO said the woman ran from the house into the backyard with the baby and called police.

The woman can be heard telling the dispatcher that she is hiding behind a shed with her baby.

Officers arrived and while Officer Comayagua was taking the baby from the victim, bodycam shows Delay coming into the yard armed with a handgun. He said he would kill the woman before raising the gun at her and the officer.

Comayagua was still holding the baby, and Officer Jones fired his weapon at Delay, striking him; the body camera shows. Delay ran before other officers took him into custody and he was taken to a hospital where he is in stable condition, JSO said.

The State Attorney’s Office will independently review the incident, then JSO will conduct its own internal investigation to ensure the officers acted within policy.