Resident shoots at Jacksonville police as officers chase men on foot who were fleeing traffic stop

Jacksonville police said they were doing “proactive policing” Monday night on the Eastside at the intersection of East 26th and Haines streets when they pulled over a vehicle.

“Instead of stopping for the officers, at least two suspects exited the vehicle and took off running,” a Jacksonville police news release states.

The officers chased the men on foot and as they entered the 1500 block of East 28th Street in the Longbranch area, a resident in a home there fired several shots at the officers, police said…

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