JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was shot and killed by police on Sunday after attacking his girlfriend and a police officer’s vehicle before charging at a police officer, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫-𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
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Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Sheriff T.K. Waters and Chief Alan Parker shared details about an officer-involved shooting after a man tried to attack a woman and a JSO officer. This happened along Normandy… pic.twitter.com/Dy0OO4choV
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According to JSO, the incident occurred around 11 a.m. at Normandy Boulevard on the city’s Westside when 40-year-old Michael Lee Wright began attacking his girlfriend at their residence.
After being attacked, the woman drove to a nearby gas station and called police to request their assistance and be escorted back to her home, JSO said.
Upon arriving at the residence, police say Wright began attacking the officer’s vehicle.
“He’s banging on it, may or may not have thrown something at it, he got up on the hood at one point, banging on the hood,” JSO Chief Alan Parker said.
Police said the officer, later identified as Patrick Burke, began reversing, but Wright continued to be aggressive and repeatedly hit the officer’s vehicle as it stayed in motion.
JSO said Burke eventually got out of the vehicle with his gun drawn, which led to Wright charging at the officer while saying, “Go ahead and kill me.”
“Earlier in the day, he texted [his girlfriend] ‘Ima die today,’” Parker said. “So we don’t know his intentions.”
Wright was shot multiple times, and after being taken to a hospital, was declared dead.
JSO said this is the agency’s 8th officer-involved shooting of 2025, and Burke’s first in his five-year tenure with the agency.
The agency also said Wright had an extensive drug history and overdosed in the past week.
The full briefing by Chief Alan Parker and Sheriff T.K. Waters can be watched below.
A list of mental health resources available in Florida can be found here. There are also nationwide resources such as the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which provides 24/7, free, and confidential support for people in distress, prevention, and crisis resources for you or someone you know.
