{"id":261098,"date":"2026-05-06T20:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261098\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:31:22","slug":"jso-issues-alert-about-a-man-with-a-gun-behind-a-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261098\/","title":{"rendered":"JSO issues alert about a man with a gun behind a Walmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office<\/a> sent out the following alert about an armed, barricaded man behind the Walmart at San Pablo Road and Atlantic Boulevard.<\/p>\n

“There is no danger or threat to the public; however, the large police presence is impacting traffic,” the Sheriff’s Office said in its 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, advisory. “At this time, only police and emergency vehicles are allowed near the intersection. Please take an alternate route and be patient with other drivers on the road.<\/p>\n

“The active scene is near Alimacani Elementary School. To reiterate, no students or staff members are in danger,” the alert continued. “The school has already shared details with families on how to pick up their students using Beach Boulevard to access the campus.”<\/p>\n

Some shoppers also were being kept inside the nearby stores for their safety, the Sheriff’s Office said.<\/p>\n

“We will share more details here as the incident continues and when the intersection reopens,” the Sheriff’s Office said. “We have significant resources working this situation to bring it to a peaceful ending.”<\/p>\n

JSO officers talk suicidal man off Dames Point bridge, see the images<\/p>\n

1 of 9<\/p>\n

A man having thoughts of killing himself looks down at the St. Johns River from atop the Dames Point bridge on April 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

(This is a developing story.)<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville police issue alert about man with a gun behind a Walmart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office sent out the following alert about an armed, barricaded man behind the Walmart at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[112827,112828,116,118,117,45740,112829,45704,17456],"class_list":["post-261098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-alimacani-elementary-school","tag-atlantic-boulevard","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-sheriff39s-office","tag-police-and-emergency-vehicles","tag-sheriff39s-office","tag-walmart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261098","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=261098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}