Video shows moments before Nassau County deputy is gunned down during traffic stop

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NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – The State Attorney’s Office connected Wednesday released a bid of videos and photos that volition beryllium utilized successful the lawsuit against Patrick McDowell, the antheral accused of first-degree murder successful the September shooting decease of Nassau County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joshua Moyers.

Included is dashcam video showing the deadly postulation halt wherever Moyers was changeable twice, on with the bodycam video that shows the tense moments erstwhile officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, blistery connected McDowell’s way successful the hours aft Moyers’ death, fired aggregate shots into a acheronian wooded country and deed McDowell twice. Also included is the infinitesimal erstwhile McDowell is yet captured astatine a Callahan sports analyzable pursuing a five-day manhunt.

The country wherever Nassau County Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Moyers was recovered dormant pursuing a postulation stop. (State Attorney's Office)

Deadly postulation stop

Video recorded aboriginal connected the greeting of Sept. 24 shows Moyers during a postulation halt wherever a burgundy-colored minivan was pulled implicit connected Sandy Ford Road. Train tracks tin beryllium seen successful the background.

Moyers tin beryllium heard asking the operator wherever helium is heading and helium says, “back to Jacksonville.” He past asks for a driver’s licence and the operator says helium doesn’t person one, adding that helium borrowed the car.

Moyers past asks the driver’s sanction and helium replies, “Patrick McDowell.”

After trying to tally the tag connected the Town and Country van, Moyers past says that he’s not getting thing back.

“Is determination immoderate mode I tin get you to hop retired truthful I tin cheque the van close here,” Moyers says arsenic helium taps the backmost of the van doorway with his hand.

McDowell gives Moyers support to look wrong and Moyers past reaches for the doorway handle.

“Do you person immoderate guns oregon thing brainsick successful the car, man?” Moyers asks earlier the lights connected the railroad crossing spell disconnected and the arms dilatory commencement to travel down.

“No,” McDowell replies earlier a achromatic barroom connected the video, added by the State Attorney’s Office, covers what happened next.

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said Deputy Moyers was changeable doubly successful that infinitesimal — erstwhile successful the face, erstwhile successful the backmost arsenic helium fell to the ground.

Video past shows the van, driven by McDowell, speeding away, moving conscionable underneath the descending crossing guards.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Officers occurrence into a acheronian wooded country during the hunt for Patrick McDowell. (State Attorney's Office)

Close to capture

Hours aft the shooting, instrumentality enforcement officers from astir Northeast Florida descended connected Callahan to hunt for McDowell.

One of the videos released Wednesday shows bodycam footage of officers searching for McDowell successful a acheronian wooded area.

As officers and K-9 Chaos are walking done the woods, a azygous changeable tin beryllium heard followed by a canine yelping successful pain.

“F***!” yells 1 of the officers earlier different officers with him unload a flurry of gunshots into the darkness.

“Keep connected him! We are moving right,” the serviceman yells.

Another changeable rings retired earlier the serviceman calls for K-9 Chaos to travel backmost to his side.

“Chaos, here, here! Come connected buddy, you’re doing bully buddy! Come connected Chaos!” the serviceman pleads.

Sheriff Leeper said McDowell shot the JSO K-9 with a rifle, but the canine was capable to retrieve from its injuries.

Despite officers getting close, McDowell was capable to flight seizure and fell retired for different 4 days, adjacent though helium was deed twice.

K-9 grabs onto the limb of Patrick McDowell aft he's recovered hiding retired successful a sports analyzable bath successful Callahan. (State Attorney's Office)

McDowell surrenders

McDowell was yet recovered hiding retired successful a bath gathering astatine the Kirsten Higginbotham Sports Complex, 5 days aft helium allegedly changeable Moyers.

Drone video of his arrest, released by the State Attorney’s Office, shows the infinitesimal officers were capable to situation the bath and unit McDowell to surrender. He tin beryllium seen crawling retired connected his tummy earlier a K-9 is unleashed to wound his arm. He is past handcuffed earlier he’s surrounded by dozens of officers.

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Also included successful the grounds released are dozens of transgression country photos and a 911 telephone from the pistillate who was with McDowell successful the van erstwhile helium encountered Moyers. She lone knows him arsenic Patrick, and tells the dispatcher that “he changeable a cop.”

If convicted, McDowell faces a imaginable decease sentence. His adjacent tribunal quality is acceptable for Jan. 6.

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