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Leon Bernard Borroughs
Gender : Male
Age : 39
Race : Black
Date : 01/20/2023
Location : Hardee
City : Jacksonville
County : Duval
State : Florida
Agency : Jacksonville SO
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation for stolen smart watch
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
While investigating a burglary in which a smartwatch was stolen, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, police tracked the watch to Leon Burroughs and found him asleep in a car on Hardee Street.
Jacksonville deputies allegedly saw a gun on the hood of the car and moved it to the back. They then tried to get Leon Burroughs out of the car. In the video, Leon Burroughs can be heard responding, asking them to move the flashlights, and one officer does. “He had just woke up. He didn’t have time to get no gun. He just woke up, and they had the lights flashing, and he said, ‘What’s going on?’ And they shot him,” his grandmother said. Burroughs was shot and killed. His grandmother doesn’t believe this shooting was justified. No officers were charged.
