Male involved in right away standoff accused of firing gun in community

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A person who was barricaded inside a home in the Julington Creek region of Mandarin right away surrendered to police just before 6 a.m. Tuesday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace stated.

In accordance to police, officers were being termed to the community all-around 4 p.m. Monday right after experiences of pictures remaining fired.

They uncovered a property that appeared to have been peppered with a shotgun blast. When an officer familiar with the suspected shooter tried using to make get in touch with with him at a household on Toucan Drive, he observed the gentleman, later recognized as Ryan James Taylor, 37, firing a shotgun in his backyard, police mentioned.

Patrol officers attempted to acquire Taylor into custody, but he barricaded himself in the house and SWAT was called out to negotiate with him.

By 10 p.m. a command center was established up.

Taylor refused to appear out all night time as tear gas was deployed at least two situations, according to neighbors, and law enforcement employed a megaphone to communicate with him. A News4Jax crew at the scene also felt the stinging outcomes of tear gas.

The standoff, which lasted much more than 14 several hours, also pressured neighbors out of their homes. Pat and Mary Jane Fitzsimons claimed they had to shell out the night time in their vehicle.

The Fitzsimons claimed they listened to gunshots all around 2 a.m., an uncommon sound amid the stress for the typically peaceful neighborhood.

“We’ve been below considering the fact that 1991. It’s a quite harmless community. I was neighborhood enjoy coordinator for years and folks wouldn’t appear to the meetings and things like that so I mentioned ‘Heck with it.’ I explained, ‘We’re a secure community why bother’ and then this transpires currently. It’s unbelievable,” Pat said.

Taylor at last surrendered all around 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, JSO explained. He was taken into custody and will encounter two prices of aggravated assault and just one demand of firing a weapon in a household location.

Law enforcement said during the investigation, a 2nd sufferer was determined. Even though no 1 was hurt by the gunfire, home was weakened, police reported.

JSO said a hazard protection order will be issued, which will protect against Taylor from legally possessing a gun yet again.

Law enforcement requested that any one with information on Taylor’s pursuits get in touch with the Sheriff’s Business office at 904-630-0500 or by means of electronic mail at [email protected]. You can also continue to be anonymous by contacting CrimeStoppers at 1-866-845-Strategies.