ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 *WARNING: This report contains graphic video<\/p>\n
Action News Jax received video of the moments leading up to St. Johns County deputies shooting a man who appeared to be armed with a gun. The man was killed in the incident<\/a> that occurred at about 4 p.m. Tuesday on US 1.<\/p>\n Deputies were responding to a possible shooting after a 911 operator heard possible gunshots over a phone call, then they saw a man speeding down US 1 South, the sheriff\u2019s office told Action News Jax.<\/p>\n Investigators learned that the man had been trying to get away after shooting at a nearby business, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n Read: Suspect dead after deputy-involved shooting on St. Johns County highway<\/a><\/p>\n After chasing the man down US 1 South, deputies used the PIT maneuver causing his car to crash on the side of the road, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n \u2018Mass surveillance network\u2019 | Orange Park considers adding Flock cameras on roadways<\/a>Jakobi Meyers helping to open the middle of the field for Jaguars<\/a>FIRST ALERT TRAFFIC \u26a0\ufe0f UPDATE: Southbound Old St. Augustine Road lanes reopen, NB remains closed<\/a>State attorney says JSO officer was justified in shooting unarmed teen, despite miscommunication <\/a>\u2018It needs to be done\u2019: New community task force sets sights on Mathews Bridge replacement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 *WARNING: This report contains graphic video Action News Jax received video of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5228,40947,14357,40949,40945,116,118,117,634,12856,13655,40102,12850,40948,40950,17811,40951,40946],"class_list":["post-71148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action_news_jacks","tag-ben_carlin","tag-finn_carlin","tag-foss","tag-international_golf_parkway","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-local","tag-saint_johns_county","tag-shaq","tag-st-_johns_county","tag-st-_johns_county_sheriffs_office","tag-stephanie_foss","tag-us_1","tag-us_one","tag-us_one_south","tag-vier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71148","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=71148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}