{"id":129749,"date":"2026-01-23T22:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/129749\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:59:12","slug":"more-details-released-on-first-police-shootings-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/129749\/","title":{"rendered":"More details released on first police shootings of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office on Friday released reviews of the first two officer-involved shootings<\/a> of 2026, both occurring Jan. 5.<\/p>\n

The first led to a man\u2019s death outside an apartment on Egrets Nest Drive after a dispute between a husband and wife. <\/p>\n

The second involved a man whom police shot after he grabbed a rifle. He survived.<\/p>\n

The first shooting<\/p>\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Office revealed that the man in the first case, Daniel Rodriguez, 34, shot himself to death<\/a> just as police fired on him.<\/p>\n

In a \u201ccritical incident review\u201d video, Professional Standards Chief Erica Weber talked about the case and played 911 calls from witnesses.<\/p>\n

One call came from a neighbor telling a dispatcher that she saw a man chasing a woman with a car.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came back and grabbed her and dragged her down the street,\u201d the woman said. \u201cDid he put her inside the vehicle,\u201d the dispatcher asked. \u201cNo he didn\u2019t get her inside the vehicle. He looked like he had something in his hand, but I can\u2019t tell because it\u2019s dark,\u201d the caller said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another 911 caller said he saw a man drive around the parking lot with a woman on top, then \u201cwe heard a crash and the lady started screaming.\u201d He and other neighbors hid.<\/p>\n

Bodycam video shows Officers J. Roderick and J. Milam talking to Rodriguez\u2019s wife in the parking lot about an argument. Then Rodriguez came out nearby, and officers asked whether he had any weapons on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are you running up on me?,\u201d Rodriguez said as he backed up, then reached for the gun as the officers rushed at him, according to bodycam video.<\/p>\n

\"\"Video from a Sheriff\u2019s Office bodycam shows a man reaching for a gun. | Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/p>\n

A gunshot went off, apparently as Rodriguez fired. Officers fired more shots, and Rodriguez fell to the ground motionless, his wife rushing up screaming \u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t do anything wrong,\u201d she yelled.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez was declared dead. Police said a 40-caliber bullet removed from his body matched his handgun and not the two officers\u2019 9 mm weapons.<\/p>\n

A second loaded gun was found on Rodriguez as he was treated at the hospital, police said.<\/p>\n

Second shooting<\/p>\n

The second shooting<\/a> happened later that night on Creeks Ridge Road near St. Johns Bluff Road, the Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

Officers were called after a reported assault and gunshots involving a father and son.<\/p>\n

Once officers arrived, they yelled at the son to put down a rifle he was holding, Weber said on a video.<\/p>\n

The video shows the bodycam videos from Officers G. Hernandez, M. Ross and Q. Kincaid as they walked up on the son in the garage.<\/p>\n

\"\"An officer\u2019s bodycam shows police first approaching the home. | Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/p>\n

\u201cOccupant in (the house), step out with your hands up!\u201d Hernandez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrop the rifle,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n

The son dropped the weapon. He was told to crawl out and lie in the street. One officer stated that he saw the rifle.<\/p>\n

As officers were about to take him into custody, the father, identified as Offero Manalon, 68, came into the garage and picked up the rifle. He pointed it at officers, who are seen on bodycam immediately backing off.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, my Dad didn\u2019t do nothing,\u201d the son said. <\/p>\n

\u201cDrop the \u2026 gun,\u201d Hernandez yelled, followed by officers firing at Manalon.<\/p>\n

\"\"A body officer\u2019s bodycam video shows three officers just moments before they fired at Offero Manalon, who ran inside the home. | Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/p>\n

The father ran inside the home.<\/p>\n

After a standoff for several hours, SWAT fired gas into the home and Manalon went out onto the back porch, where a police dogs stopped him. He was injured by gunfire but survived.<\/p>\n

Manalon was charged with aggravated assault on an officer and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He remains jailed on $1.25 million bail. His next court date is Wednesday, jail records show.<\/p>\n

The State Attorney\u2019s Office will independently review both incidents to determine whether officers violated any criminal statutes before the Sheriff\u2019s Office does an internal review to ensure the officers acted within policy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office on Friday released reviews of the first two officer-involved shootings of 2026, both occurring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-129749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}