UPDATE: A man carrying an ax attempted to gain entry to Ruth N. Upson Elementary, according to the superintendent, and the DCPS police chief said that person left the campus and was later shot by a DCPS officer after refusing commands to drop his weapon.
Seen near Dancy and Post streets.– A man carrying a large ax attempted to gain entry Friday afternoon to Ruth N. Upson Elementary School, according to the Duval County school superintendent, and the DCPS police chief said that person then left the campus and was later shot by a DCPS officer after refusing commands to drop his weapon.
“Police officers from the Duval County School Police Department were on the way. As the subject then left the school, he made his way towards a church where he was then encountered by the police officers,” DCPS Police Chief Greg Burton said. “As the subject came towards one of the police officers, the officers gave him verbal warnings to drop the ax, kept giving him verbal warnings to drop the ax.
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