JSO officer justified in shooting of unarmed 14-year-old

The State Attorney’s Office said a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer was justified in the shooting of a 14-year-old last month.

Police said four teens planned and carried out a theft of a DoorDash driver’s car, and that auto theft, the SAO said, ultimately led to an officer shooting the 14-year-old.

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The officer believed that the teen was armed and the driver of the car. And just before the teen was shot, police said he ran from a dangerous crash scene.

That same night, a rapid series of 911 calls came in reporting three different felonies, an auto theft, a hit and run, and a drive-by shooting…

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