The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said one of its lieutenants shot into a semi-truck on Monday afternoon after “coming into contact” with the vehicle on I-95 South near Atlantic Boulevard.
According to JSO, a 70-year-old truck driver left Charlotte on Monday morning and was headed for Cape Coral.
While driving on I-95 South, an off-duty JSO lieutenant named MC “came into contact” with the 70-year-old driver around 4 p.m. The agency added that it doesn’t know the context of why or how the vehicles contacted one another.
Then, JSO said the lieutenant, who was in plain clothes and in an unmarked vehicle, got out of his car and “engaged” with the driver before firing “four rounds into the truck,” which ended up in “the engine bay.”
The agency said the driver was not hurt, but the lieutenant was taken to the hospital with an “injury to his shoulder.”
Additionally, JSO said lieutenants don’t wear body cameras, so there is currently no footage of the incident; however, the semi-truck’s driver, who is being “cooperative,” said his truck had a camera and is working with JSO to download the footage so it can be investigated.
No charges have been made against either individual involved in the situation.
This is the fourth officer-involved shooting that Lieutenant MC has been involved in throughout his 21-year career and the second for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office in 2025.
The incident, which remains under investigation, caused significant delays on I-95 South near Atlantic Boulevard for drivers.
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Source: news4jax
