{"id":299641,"date":"2026-06-08T05:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299641\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T05:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T05:40:21","slug":"jso-woman-with-mental-health-issues-shot-at-officers-before-being-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299641\/","title":{"rendered":"JSO: Woman with mental health issues shot at officers before being shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fourth Jacksonville police shooting<\/a> involving a mental health crisis this year, a 22-year-old woman was critically wounded after the Sheriff’s Office<\/a> said she fired a shot at officers.<\/p>\n

It began with a call at about 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7, to a home in the 2900 block\u00a0East\u00a0Kline Road\u00a0off Southside Boulevard near Beach Boulevard where it was reported a woman pointed a gun at her grandfather. Undersheriff Shawn Coarsey said officers met the owner of the home who\u00a0said their\u00a0granddaughter\u00a0who lives in the back of the home in a\u00a0shed\u00a0had gotten into a confrontation with them and threatened them with a firearm.<\/p>\n

Officers tried to get\u00a0her to come out, and she eventually ran toward the front of the house.\u00a0They gave chase\u00a0with their guns drawn,\u00a0giving her commands to show her hands.\u00a0But\u00a0she kept putting her hands in her waist, and\u00a0an officer used a Taser on her, Coarsey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe defeated that Taser\u00a0and pulled a handgun from her waistband,” he said. “She was able to\u00a0fire\u00a0one\u00a0shot at our officers. They returned fire\u00a0striking her\u00a0numerous\u00a0times.\u201d<\/p>\n

No officers were injured.<\/p>\n

\"Jacksonville<\/p>\n

Jacksonville police investigate their 11th officer-involved shooting of 2026, a domestic mental health suspect who they said fired a shot them outside her home on Kline Road on June 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

The undersheriff identified the suspect as\u00a0Kaiyan\u00a0Alex Atkinson. Coarsey said she had eight documented mental illness calls to the same address. He also said her driver\u2019s license shows her as a male, but she is a biological female.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust to be clear, they had this person at gunpoint, they tased her, and she was able to\u00a0stil\u00a0able to defeat\u00a0that Taser and pull that handgun from her waist and\u00a0get a shot off at the officers, and that\u2019s when they returned fire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In response to whether a mental health expert was called to assist, Coarsey said, \u201cAnytime\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0an armed subject\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0in some type of\u00a0mental\u00a0crisis, we\u00a0will never introduce a civilian in that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheriff T.K. Waters supported his officers actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u00a0attempted\u00a0to\u00a0talk this individual down several times; she was having none of it,” he said. “I think what\u00a0is most important to point out is though we had our weapons drawn in a lower ready position, she was still able to draw a\u00a0pistol,\u00a0fire off a round before we returned fire striking her.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s\u00a0difficult to say why these things happen the way\u00a0that\u00a0they do,” he continued.\u00a0“We try everything\u00a0that\u00a0we can\u00a0try\u00a0to\u00a0make sure they\u00a0end peacefully.\u00a0Unfortunately\u00a0they\u00a0dictate\u00a0what\u00a0happens, she\u00a0dictated at that point that through her actions we were going to have to return fire and\u00a0we\u00a0did, and fortunately\u00a0officers\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0shot. … But\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0encouraged by the fact that they did everything that they could to try to stop her from taking\u00a0those type of actions. But she pulled a gun\u00a0on her grandfather also, so if\u00a0she\u2019ll\u00a0pull a gun on her grandfather,\u00a0she\u2019ll\u00a0pull a gun on a police officer. It\u00a0think\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0where the emphasis should lie.\u201d<\/p>\n

The officers were identified as five- and seven-year veterans J. Lenn and N. Iezzi, both their first shootings.<\/p>\n

The police shooting is the 11 this year with six ending in the suspect dead. At the same time last year there were nine with five killed, according to Times-Union records. Last year also ended with 17 police shootings, the most since 2008.<\/p>\n

Images from officers’ bodycams show what went down in police shootings<\/p>\n

1 of 45<\/p>\n

A neighbor’s video image shows 48-year-old Morris Davis on the ground waving a knife at Clay County deputies before being shot and killed on May 9, 2026.<\/p>\n

(Provided by First Coast News via the neighbor)<\/p>\n

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

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