A man is dead after an officer shot him Wednesday on Buckman Street in the city’s Talleyrand area, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
Police say the 30-year-old man had tried to set fire to a house on East 16th Street early Wednesday, but he fled.
Officers searched for 90 minutes before an officer spotted the man, still carrying the knife. The man was ordered to stop or the officer would release his police dog…