JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says a 23-year-old man is in surgery after being shot by an officer at the Square at 59 Caroline Apartment complex. The apartments were formerly known as Caroline Square Apartments.
Police say Darius Robinson, 23, was inside a unit armed with a handgun and called his mother to say that people had come into the apartment and were armed and threatening to shoot him. The mother called the police who responded and set up at the front and back of the apartment.
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JSO says Robinson broke out a window and fired a shot.
Police say Robinson raised the gun toward an officer and the officer fired three times. JSO immediately rendered aid and called rescue. Robinson was taken to a hospital for treatment. His condition was not known.
It was the officer’s first officer-involved shooting. This was JSO’s sixth officer-involved shooting this year.