# Florida Robbery Suspect Shot After Pulling Gun on JSO Officer at Gas Station

Jacksonville, Florida — On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 6:11 p.m., Officer J. Collier received notification that a truck used in a Lake County Armed Robbery was in the Argyle Forest area of Jacksonville's Westside. Within a few minutes, Officer Collier located a truck matching the description of the suspect vehicle in a gas station parking lot. No one was occupying the truck when Officer Collier first approached and investigated it, but he did observe through a window that a rifle was located on the front passenger seat. Officer Collier then saw a man, later identified as 37-year-old Brenton Paquin, walk with his leash dog across the parking lot towards the truck. Officer Collier called out to Paquin asking if the truck belonged to him. Paquin responded that it was his truck while appearing to text on his phone. Officer Collier asked Paquin to sit down on a curb beside the truck.

Rather than comply, Paquin continued towards his truck, opening the driver's side door. Officer Collier grabbed on to Paquin's arm and immediately a physical struggle ensued. Paquin reached into the truck cab and armed himself with a handgun. Paquin attempted to rack the slide, enabling him to fire the weapon, aimed the gun at Officer Collier and advance towards him. In response, Officer Collier drew his JSO issued firearm and shot Paquin. Paquin fell to the ground. Led by Officer Griffin, who has EMT medical training, officers provided emergency aid to Paquin until paramedics arrived on scene and…

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: JSO
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florida_Robbery_Suspect_Shot_After_Pulling_Gun_on_JSO_Officer_at_Gas_Station.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: JSO
- 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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