JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning by an officer with a rifle outside a Gate gas station on Bowden Road after Jacksonville police say the man pointed a gun at officers while walking toward them.
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Shawn Coarsey said the incident began at 9:22 a.m. when a man, later identified as Michael Krause Jr., walked into the Gate not far from I-95 while several customers and employees were inside.
Krause walked around the store for several minutes, and once the customers left, Coarsey said, he pulled out a handgun and demanded that all the employees leave the store.
JSO said that while he was doing that, he made several comments about harming himself. Once the employees left, Krause stayed inside and, at some point, opened the door and told the employees that he was going to come out shooting.
Coarsey said Krause told employees to call the police, and then he stayed inside, watching the front door, waiting for officers to arrive.
When the officers got to the scene, he opened the door again and made the same statement to them, saying that he was going to come out shooting, Coarsey said.
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