JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released a statement Monday acknowledging that there is no body camera footage of a bizarre police-involved shooting last week on Interstate 95.
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said last Wednesday that the details of the incident involving an off-duty lieutenant were still unclear because the officer had not made a statement.
The department said Monday that JSO Lt. Marc Crawford was not wearing a body camera because of the nature of his “current assignment.”
“Had there been video footage of this incident, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office would have released that footage within 21 days, unless legally restricted to do so or to protect the integrity of the criminal investigation, as outlined in JSO’s Transparency Policy,” the department said in a statement.
JSO said the investigation remains active and anyone who may have captured video of the incident is urged to contact JSO.
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According to JSO, around 4 p.m. last Monday, Crawford “came into contact” with a semi-truck driver, who is in his 70s, while driving on I-95 near Atlantic Boulevard.
Police later said that the driver of the semi-truck was legally in possession of a firearm at the time of the incident.
After the vehicles “came into contact,” Crawford, who was in plain clothes and in an unmarked vehicle, fired four rounds into the engine bay of the semi-truck, JSO said.
The agency said the driver was not hurt, but the lieutenant was taken to the hospital with an injury to his shoulder.
Waters said Wednesday that his department still doesn’t know the context of why or how the vehicles “came into contact” with one another. It’s also unclear what led to the lieutenant firing his weapon.
“We’re still looking into the details of what happened, and we’re still waiting to hear from the officer, who has the opportunity to decide whether or not he wants to make a statement,” Waters said.
In Monday’s statement, JSO said the State Attorney’s Office is still conducting a criminal investigation, and because of that, the agency can’t provide any more details.
“When legally able, JSO will further brief the public on this matter,” the statement said.
This incident marked Crawford’s fourth officer-involved shooting in his 21-year career and the second one with JSO, police said.
Crawford was honored in 2021 as Supervisor of the Year by former Sheriff Mike Williams.