Man who pointed gun at officers while walking toward them outside gas station fatally shot by officer with rifle: JSO

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning by an officer with a rifle outside a Gate gas station on Bowden Road after Jacksonville police say the man pointed a gun at officers while walking toward them.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Shawn Coarsey said the incident began at 9:22 a.m. when a man, later identified as Michael Krause Jr., walked into the Gate not far from I-95 while several customers and employees were inside.

Krause walked around the store for several minutes, and once the customers left, Coarsey said, he pulled out a handgun and demanded that all the employees leave the store…

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