{"id":251938,"date":"2026-04-30T02:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251938\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T02:26:11","slug":"man-threatening-to-jump-from-bridge-convinced-to-come-off-ledge-by-jacksonville-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251938\/","title":{"rendered":"Man threatening to jump from bridge convinced to come off ledge by Jacksonville cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  \u2014 First responders in Jacksonville were caught on camera saving the life of a man who was ready to jump off a bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/29\/policias-de-jacksonville-convencen-a-hombre-que-amenazaba-con-saltar-de-puente-a-bajarse-del-borde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/29\/policias-de-jacksonville-convencen-a-hombre-que-amenazaba-con-saltar-de-puente-a-bajarse-del-borde\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials said they were called to the Dames Point Bridge on April 12 after a man was spotted getting ready to jump and take his own life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Video shows a number of officers surrounding the man, who was standing on the ledge of the bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As the man was preparing to jump, Officer Antonio Richardson stepped in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Richardson is seen in the video speaking to the man for a while and eventually extending out his hand, even offering to pray for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Other officers also kept encouraging the man, who eventually took Richardson\u2019s hand, leading to a very emotional embrace between the two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jacksonville police say in that moment, their officers weren\u2019t the police, but rather people showing how much they cared for another person, adding that they do what they do every day because they care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">If you or someone you know is struggling mentally, there is help available. Call or text 9-8-8 to reach the suicide hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jenise Fernandez\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/e6dda417-4f89-4401-aa43-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jenise Fernandez<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jenise Fernandez is a six-time Emmy award winning anchor and reporter at Local 10 News. Currently, she anchors the 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. news, Monday through Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 First responders in Jacksonville were caught on camera saving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-251938","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\/251938","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=251938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}