YULEE, Fla. – Neighbors in the Pirates Wood neighborhood said they were shaken after a family shooting left a father and his adult son dead Thursday morning, including the son’s fatal exchange of gunfire with deputies.
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to a reported home invasion on Doubloon Way around 2 a.m. When they arrived, they heard gunshots inside the home, Sheriff Bill Leeper said.
Deputies returned to their patrol cars for rifles, then saw the son running near a wooded area, Leeper said. The man turned and fired a handgun at deputies, who returned fire. Deputies tried to provide first aid, including applying tourniquets, but the man died at the scene, Leeper said…