Nassau County sheriff: Keep deputy shot ‘in your prayers’

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Deputy Joshua Moyers ‘very critical’ aft helium was changeable doubly during postulation stop

Other Nassau County deputies stitchery extracurricular the ER astatine UF Health awaiting connection connected Deputy Josh Moyers, who was reported to beryllium successful highly captious condition.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Nassau County lawman is clinging to beingness astatine UF Health Jacksonville aft helium was changeable aboriginal Friday greeting during a postulation halt of a stolen minivan.

Sheriff Bill Leeper said Deputy Joshua Moyers was changeable doubly -- erstwhile successful the face, erstwhile successful the backmost arsenic helium fell to the ground.

The full incidental was recorded by an NCSO camera.

“It’s precise critical. We’re not definite if he’s going to marque it oregon not,” Leeper said, trying to support his composure. “Everybody, delight support them successful your prayers.”

Moyers was hired arsenic a Nassau County lawman successful 2015 and Leeper called him “a large guy.”

Leeper said Moyers was precocious engaged to beryllium married.

Leeper visited Moyers successful the infirmary and met with his fiancée and parents.

Several Nassau County deputies, immoderate successful formal uniform, stood ticker extracurricular UF Health’s exigency country Friday greeting awaiting connection connected their chap officer.

“Officers are going to enactment each different successful times similar this,” News4Jax transgression and information adept Ken Jefferson said. “They are going to beryllium present and they are present to supply that bid successful that comfort, arsenic overmuch arsenic they perchance can. They’re praying for each other. They’re praying for the family.”

.@FLCaseyDeSantis and I are praying for the Nassau County Deputy Sheriff who was changeable and critically injured astatine a regular postulation stop.

The idiosyncratic liable volition beryllium brought to justness and the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office has the enactment of Florida successful this search.

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 24, 2021

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a 35-year-old antheral wanted successful transportation with the shooting. A spokeswoman for the sheriff said Patrick McDowell (pictured below) is considered “armed and dangerous.” If you spot him, you are asked to interaction the Sheriff’s Office astatine 904-548-4000.

Patrick McDowell is considered equipped and dangerous.

A pistillate wrong the conveyance with McDowell during the postulation halt of a minivan stolen from Jacksonville remained astatine the country and is cooperating with investigators, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and authorities patrol unit person been seen searching connected U.S. 301 adjacent Higginbotham Road and Sandy Ford Road since aboriginal Friday morning.

Patrick McDowell is simply a erstwhile Marine who was stopped driving a stolen car successful Callahan aboriginal Friday morning.

Leeper said a JSO K9 that came to assistance the hunt for the fishy was besides changeable but is expected to beryllium recover.

Our thoughts and prayers are with @NCSO_FL arsenic they woody with the unthinkable…. We are determination to assistance them anyhow possible… truthful assistance them get this guy, Patrick McDowell…if you spot him, telephone the police! pic.twitter.com/U6ZW1n7OKO

— THEJFRD (@THEJFRD) September 24, 2021