The shooting happened on Eberly Drive, west of St. Johns Bluff North. No officers were injured during the incident.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two Jacksonville sheriff’s officers shot a 30-year-old man who allegedly pointed a gun at them and held a woman and her child hostage in a neighborhood near Craig Airport Thursday night.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said officers responded to a home on Eberly Drive around 11:50 a.m. Thursday after receiving a call from a woman reporting she had been hit by her partner.
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According to JSO, the suspect, identified as Marcus Delay, had already left the home when officers arrived. Officers were reportedly in the process of receiving an arrest warrant for Delay when he returned to the home in the afternoon, JSO said.
Delay held the woman and her 9-month-old child against their will for several hours, JSO said. At one point, she and the child were able to escape into the nearby wooded area and call 911.
Investigators said Delay eventually came out of the home and fired a rifle into the air.
When officers arrived in the area and located the woman and child in the wooded area, JSO said Delay made verbal threats to shoot the woman, and also threats that he would “kill everyone” if officers showed up.
Officers J. Jones and G. Comayagua shot Delay when he pointed a handgun at the woman and officers, JSO said. He was then taken into custody and taken to a hospital to receive treatment for his gunshot wounds.
No officers were injured in the incident, according to JSO.
This is the 10th officer-involved-shooting this year for JSO. The State Attorney’s Office and JSO will complete conduct separate investigations.