A man is dead after a standoff with police Monday night in Atlantic Beach, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says.
The 90-minute incident started with a confrontation with people at a Dutton Island boat ramp. It ended after the 37-year-old man holed up in his car near a gas station on Mayport Road and reached for a gun case. Nine officers fired into his car, police said.
The man, so far unidentified, would not leave his car despite officers’ efforts to get him out, Chief Alan Parker said at a news conference near the shooting scene…