Officer fires at unarmed suspect during traffic stop

[UglyGreed]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer who fired his gun at an unarmed suspect during a traffic stop Monday night will not be placed on leave, a JSO spokesperson said Tuesday.

Officer J.C. Garcia drew and fired his weapon under the mistaken belief that the driver was holding a gun. In fact, Brian Dennison, 29, was unarmed, and had his 6-year-old daughter in the car with him.

According to the police report, Garcia spotted a green Ford Focus driven by Dennison speeding through a parking lot near West University Boulevard and St. Augustine Road. Garcia began following the car, and said it blew through a stop sign as it turned onto DuPont Station Road, nearly hitting another car and heading the wrong way toward St. Augustine Road.

That's when the officer switched on his lights and siren, following the car until it turned into Plantation Apartments in the 7000 block of South Old Kings Road and parked.


http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2014/11/25/officer-opens-fire-traffic-stop/70100748/

[Turbineguy]

1. Fairly standard driving technique for Florida

Especially with a child in the car. The driver was probably holding a phone.

[SamKnause]

2. His daughter was having

an asthma attack.

He was going to get her medicine.