FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A Flagler County sheriff’s deputy resigned after an internal investigation found he violated agency weapons policies during an off-duty shooting that sent a stray bullet grazing an 11-year-old boy, the sheriff’s office said Thursday.
Former Master Deputy Bryan Jackson submitted a resignation letter after the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office determined he had violated agency standards. The agency had submitted charges to the State Attorney’s Office for Florida’s 7th Judicial Circuit on May 1 alleging culpable negligence, a misdemeanor, for the Aug. 27, 2025, incident at his home in the Mondex.
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Jackson had been firing at a makeshift berm on a neighboring lot when a stray bullet grazed the 11-year-old inside a nearby home, the sheriff’s office said. The agency’s review included a recreation of the incident and a forensic firearm analysis by FBI experts in Quantico, Virginia. The State Attorney’s Office declined to file criminal charges.
After the criminal case concluded, the sheriff’s office reopened an internal investigation and found two violations of agency policy. FCSO policy requires agency-issued and approved weapons to be loaded only with agency-issued ammunition and used only at an authorized FCSO range for practice or training, the release said. The violations were sustained administratively, but because Jackson resigned, he cannot be disciplined by the agency.
As required by Florida law, the internal investigation will be submitted to the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for review and any action the commission deems necessary. Jackson is not eligible for rehire, the sheriff’s office said.
“After a lengthy and thorough investigation, the State Attorney’s Office reviewed the facts in this case and decided not to file criminal charges against Mr. Jackson,” Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge said in the release. “Mr. Jackson’s decision to resign concludes the administrative process, but our commitment to professionalism, accountability and public trust remains unchanged.”
Jackson joined the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office in 2013. The agency said Jackson’s daughter, who had been a probationary deputy sheriff, had resigned before the internal investigation was completed.