JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released on Friday body camera footage showing an officer killing a knife-wielding man who was suspected of arson amid a mental health episode earlier this month.
According to JSO, K-9 Officer Caleb Bumgarner shot and killed 30‑year‑old Brian Gillis after Gillis pointed a knife at the officer and told him to “back up” twice while Gillis was on the sidewalk and Bumgarner was in the street. Body‑camera footage released by JSO shows Bumgarner telling Gillis to drop the knife and then immediately firing multiple shots at Gillis as he was running away on East 25th Street, near Buckman Street.
According to JSO, the incident began as a call for help from Gillis’ mother in the morning of Aug. 13…