# Jacksonville Cop Shoots Suspect Who Fired Shot While Jumping Out Apartment Window

Jacksonville, Florida — Several weeks before this incident, 23-year-old Darius Robinson and his girlfriend had lived together in an apartment off of Fort Caroline Rd. His girlfriend ended this relationship and moved out of the apartment due to Robinson's spiraling use of the drug MDMA in his escalating paranoia. She added that Robinson had become increasingly jealous and had exhibited erratic behavior. On the evening of April 29, 2023, the night before the shooting, Robinson messaged his former girlfriend from an unknown Instagram account, stating he was coming to her place of employment. His former girlfriend replied to this message telling Robinson she did not wish to have any contact with him. On April 30, 2023, at 4:50 a.m. Robinson's mother called JSO's Communication Center to report a phone call she had just received from Robinson. Robinson had explained to his mother that he had locked himself in his bedroom after armed people had entered his apartment. He explained they were still there and they were talking to him from the other side of the bedroom door. His mother requested that police go to Robinson's apartment and she provided the JSO emergency dispatcher with Robinson's phone number.

Immediately after that call, the JSO dispatcher called Robinson, who confirmed he was in his apartment bedroom and could still hear people inside his apartment. Robinson also explained to the dispatcher that he was armed with a gun. Shortly after that call Robinson's stepfather…

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2023
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Jacksonville P.D.
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacksonville_Cop_Shoots_Suspect_Who_Fired_Shot_While_Jumping_Out_Apartment_Window.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Jacksonville P.D.
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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