This week's crime report for Clay County Florida, provided by the Clay County Sheriff's Office.
OPPD: No charges for man who killed attacker at gas stationORANGE PARK – A man who shot someone who was attacking his friend apparently won’t be charged with the double shooting that left …
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OPPD: No charges for man who killed attacker at gas station
ORANGE PARK – A man who shot someone who was attacking his friend apparently won’t be charged with the double shooting that left one person dead.
The Orange Park Police Department said a man got into an altercation with one of his friends at the Chevron gas station at 206 Park Avenue on May 28.
The owner of the liquor store that’s adjacent to the gas station said one of his friends tried to break up the fight, but instead he was drawn into a deadly battle with the armed attacker. The liquor store owner intervened and momentarily broke up the scuffle, but the enraged man then attacked the original combatant again. This time, the friend of the store’s owner was able to gain control of the pistol and he wound up shooting the attacker twice. The friend and the store owner cooperated with the police department, and the friends turned over the handgun. That night, OPPD released the following on social media: “The individual who discharged the firearm in today’s fatal shooting surrendered the weapon and has been cooperative with detectives. At this posting, no charges have been filed.”
Man jailed two pull guns on each other during bar fight
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – A man was arrested after he and another man pointed guns at each other during a fight at a local bar.
Ronnie David Smith, 34, of Keystone Heights, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and a violation of the concealed weapon law after Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Watering Hole Bar after Smith claimed another man, Tanner Street, hit him in the face while he was having drinks.
Both men pulled handguns, according to CCSO. Smith said others struck him multiple times and took his gun. Smith told deputies Street tried to shoot him while he was on the ground, but the chamber was empty.
Street said the two also fought at a convenience store when Smith approached them and pointed a 9 mm handgun at him. When he didn’t fire, Street punched Smith and took the gun.