{"id":154700,"date":"2026-02-13T19:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154700\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:13:27","slug":"family-demands-answers-after-jso-officers-fatally-shoot-62-year-old-man-in-driveway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154700\/","title":{"rendered":"Family demands answers after JSO officers fatally shoot 62-year-old man in driveway"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A family is demanding answers after a man was shot and killed overnight by three officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> outside his son\u2019s home in the Dinsmore area.<\/p>\n

Investigators said officers responded to a reported domestic situation before finding Jose Cabrera, 62, sitting inside a car outside a home on Fox Tail Lane. Police said when officers approached Cabrera and asked him to step out of the car, he got out holding a knife and advanced \u201caggressively\u201d toward them. Officers then fired multiple shots.<\/p>\n

Cabrera was taken into custody and transported for medical treatment, where he later died.<\/p>\n

According to JSO, Cabrera had left the original scene before officers arrived, but he later spoke with them by phone. Police said he told officers \u201cthat he was not going to go back to prison and they were going to have to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n

JSO said the three officers involved were new to the job, and this was their first night out on their own without a veteran training officer with them.<\/p>\n

The shooting remains under investigation, which is standard procedure in officer-involved shootings.<\/p>\n

Cabrera\u2019s family spoke with News4JAX shortly after the shooting and disputed parts of the sheriff\u2019s office account.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw the body on the floor, I told my wife, \u2018Mami, that they killed my dad. My dad is dead,\u2019\u201d said Joseph Cabrera, the man\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

Joseph Cabrera said he was asleep when gunshots woke him and that he ran outside to find his father on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said why you kill my dad? Why did you kill my dad? I said he didn\u2019t have anything in his hand,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Family members also questioned why officers did not use a Taser.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was 22, 25 shots, I counted,\u201d Joseph Cabrera said. \u201cWhy too many shots?\u201d<\/p>\n

News4JAX Reporter Briana Brownlee<\/a> asked Sheriff T.K. Waters about the recent of officer-involved shootings. So far, Duval County has five for the year, the most recent two happening in the same week \u2014 both deadly.<\/p>\n

RELATED | Man spotted for 2nd time in stolen car fatally shot by 2 officers during foot chase after he pulled out handgun: JSO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he grabbed the knife, he [the officer] told him, don\u2019t grab that. He told him not to bring it with him, but he did it anyway,\u201d Sheriff Waters said. \u201cThey left him with very little choice. When you are advancing towards a police officer holding a knife, the result is going to end up pretty much how it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cabrera\u2019s daughter said her father struggled with mental illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was schizophrenic, bipolar,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The family said Cabrera had argued with his wife earlier that evening and later went to his son\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe walked away from the problem, came and parked his car \u2026 and all he could hear was \u2018whoa, whoa, whoa\u2019 \u2014 that was the last words that papi said,\u201d said Adlin Cabrera Bowler, Cabrera\u2019s daughter, through tears.<\/p>\n

News4JAX has requested the officers\u2019 body camera footage and copies of the 911 calls from JSO.<\/p>\n

Watch the full JSO briefing below:<\/p>\n

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