Online videos obtained by Action News Jax give insight into the mindset of a Jacksonville man who waved what appeared to be hand gun at police officers, Wednesday.
Vincent Palermo was shot multiple times by officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The department revealed, on Thursday, the item in Palermo’s hand was an air-soft pistol.The suspect from Wednesday's officer involved shooting, Vincent Palmero, was in possession of what JSO detectives later determined to be an airsoft handgun.
The responding officers knew some of this information when they were called to his home Thursday night in response to an armed suicide call. “At that point the three officers involved did shoot him,” Chief Parker said. “Between the three of them, they shot 15 times.” Action News Jax reporter, Meghan Moriarty, reached out to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office about their de-escalation tactics and mental health training programs on Thursday, but did not hear back.
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