ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Action News Jax is learning more about Tuesday afternoon\u2019s deadly deputy-involved shooting in St. Johns County.<\/p>\n
It happened on U.S. 1 near Palencia.<\/p>\n
We obtained video that shows 43-year-old Kristopher Lee Johnson walking out of a black pickup truck with his hands in the air, waving a gun.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n The video shows deputies telling Johnson to drop his weapon, and when he didn\u2019t, deputies fired.<\/p>\n We asked Sheriff Rob Hardwick, \u201cDid the suspect actually point the gun at your deputies?\u201d<\/p>\n He replied, \u201cIn this case, as we review the body-worn camera, which you will get at a later time, that doesn\u2019t matter to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have an active shooter,\u201d Sheriff Hardwick went on to say. \u201cHe\u2019s going to take someone\u2019s life. Last thing we\u2019re going to do in St. Johns County is let that man walk down an interstate and kill another innocent person.\u201d<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n He said problems with Johnson started early Tuesday morning. Johnson\u2019s former girlfriend reported Johnson to the St. Augustine Police Department for stalking and violence.<\/p>\n After that, Hardwick said Johnson went to 38 Thomas Industry Way and threatened to kill a co-worker. Johnson called 911 himself. In the call, you can hear gunshots and the co-worker being ordered to \u201cget on your knees.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThis is a man we know is going to kill somebody. We got a man that knows he\u2019s going to end his life,\u201d Hardwick said.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n The co-worker wasn\u2019t hurt. But Johnson stole his car and led deputies on a chase. A PIT maneuver stopped the car on U.S. 1. That\u2019s where he had the confrontation with deputies and was killed.<\/p>\n Detectives are still investigating this case, and asking anyone who may have video of the shooting to upload it here: https:\/\/StJohnsCountySO.evidence.com\/axon\/community-request\/public\/us1_north_shooting<\/a>. <\/p>\n You can also share information at crimetips@sjso.org or call 904-824-8304 and ask to speak to Sgt. Gene Tolbert. <\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Action News Jax is learning more about Tuesday afternoon\u2019s deadly deputy-involved shooting in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[41441,982,41432,7903,28,41440,40945,116,118,117,11181,9467,634,41434,656,13726,41438,41437,41439,12856,12849,41433,2631,12850,17811,40951,41435,41436],"class_list":["post-72131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-38_thomas_industry_way","tag-action_news","tag-christopher_lee_johnson","tag-county","tag-florida","tag-hardwick","tag-international_golf_parkway","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-john","tag-johnson","tag-local","tag-madison_foger","tag-madison_foglio","tag-new_york","tag-robert_hardwick","tag-saint","tag-saint_augustine_police_department","tag-saint_johns_county","tag-saint_johns_county_sheriffs_office","tag-shax","tag-sheriff","tag-st-_johns_county_sheriffs_office","tag-us_one","tag-us_one_south","tag-us1_south","tag-white_castle_road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72131","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=72131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}