Officers Shoot Suspect Armed With a Gun in Jacksonville, Florida

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Jacksonville, Florida — On October 3, 2023, 30-year-old Randy Sharpe Jr. phoned his girlfriend and asked her to drive him to a bank to procure rent money. Sharpe’s girlfriend complied with his request and picked him up from his apartment complex. Sharpe’s girlfriend immediately recognized that sharp was intoxicated. Additionally, Sharpe admitted to his girlfriend he’d been drinking tequila all day. after they went to the bank, Sharpe and his girlfriend began arguing. Sharpe’s girlfriend, the driver of the vehicle, pulled into a parking lot near the intersection of 103rd Street in Blanding Boulevard. While parked, they continued to argue, and Sharpe’s girlfriend exited the vehicle and walked down Blanding Boulevard.

Sharpe armed himself with his girlfriend’s firearm that she kept in her car and exited the vehicle. Standing outside his girlfriend’s car in the parking lot, Sharpe fired multiple rounds. Two JSO patrol officers, driving together in a patrol vehicle down Blanding Boulevard, heard the gunfire coming from the nearby parking lot and observed the girlfriend’s parked car with the hazard lights flashing. These officers pulled into the parking lot and observed Sharpe first walking, and then running, away from the approaching Patrol vehicle. The officers immediately exited their patrol vehicle and armed themselves with their service weapons. They commanded Sharpe to stop running and to get on the ground. Rather than comply, Sharpe instead turned his body towards the officers with his firearm in hand. In response, both officers fired at Sharpe. Sharpe sustained gunshot wounds and fell to the ground.

Once Sharpe was safely in custody, the officers immediately began emergency medical aid and called for rescue. Once rescue arrived, they transported Sharpe to an area hospital for treatment where Sharpe died from his injuries. Crime scene detectives responded to the scene and collected the .40 caliber gun that Sharpe was armed with, near where he fell to the ground. Additionally, seven .40 caliber casings were located and collected in the parking lot near where the officer first observed Sharpe in the parking lot. Sharpe was a convicted felon, having been previously convicted of multiple felonies, including robbery, possession of a firearm by convicted felon and carrying a concealed firearm. Additionally, Sharpe had multiple convictions for misdemeanor crimes including Battery and Resisting an Officer. As a convicted felon, Sharpe was prohibited from possessing a firearm.

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