Sheriff: Florida deputy not going to survive shooting

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A North Florida sheriff’s lawman who was precocious changeable doubly during a postulation halt is not going to past his injuries, authorities announced Saturday.

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said doctors astatine UF Health Jacksonville did their champion to prevention Deputy Joshua Moyers, 29, but “there was conscionable thing they could bash for Josh.”

Leeper said the deputy's household decided that Moyers' organs should beryllium donated, truthful aesculapian unit are keeping him live until the infirmary tin find matches for the organs, quality outlets reported.

Moyers was changeable successful the look and successful the backmost aboriginal Friday greeting successful Callahan, conscionable northbound of Jacksonville, aft pulling implicit Patrick McDowell, 35, Leeper said. Authorities aboriginal determined the conveyance had been stolen.

Investigators are searching for McDowell and person warned the nationalist that helium is apt equipped and dangerous.

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Investigators recovered a flashlight and a chapeau they deliberation beryllium to McDowell. They antecedently recovered a weapon that they judge was utilized to sprout a constabulary canine during the hunt connected Friday, The Florida Times-Union reported.

The hunt for McDowell includes 300 investigators from aggregate instrumentality enforcement agencies successful the state, the paper said.

Police organizations including the Fraternal Order of Police and the Florida Sheriff’s Association are offering up to $25,000 for accusation starring to the McDowell's arrest.

A GoFundMe was created for Deputy Moyers fiancé Ivy.

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