JSO: Jacksonville police officer in critical condition after shooting Sunday morning
A Jacksonville police officer suffered critical injuries when he was shot early Sunday at a Westside home when he and another officer were following up on an earlier traffic stop in which the driver sped away from police.
Officer Malik Daricaud, 25, who has been with the Sheriff's Office for two years, is hospitalized in "tenuous condition" and "fighting for his life," Sheriff T.K. Waters told reporters Sunday afternoon.
Waters, who rushed to the hospital after the shooting, said Daricaud was awake and able to speak but remains in critical condition.
"When I was there this morning he was in a lot of pain and was saying things. But the way it was explained to us, he was still in a really tenuous situation and we're just hoping he makes a full recovery," said Waters, noting Daricaud is married with children.
Daricaud was shot by 32-year-old Tyliko Maduro at about 4:30 a.m. after Maduro's mother unlocked the front door of his home in the 6800 block of Ridgeview Avenue for police after they received no response from anyone inside the house after knocking, Waters said.
Daricaud was outside, behind the woman when he was shot, according to video recorded by his body camera, which Waters played for reporters during the briefing.
The officer fell backward, collapsing onto the ground after being struck by the first bullet in a volley of several shots. Maduro, who police said was armed with a semi-automatic rifle, could be seen in the video waiting for them pointing the rifle from behind a couch or chair before the shots rang out. Daricaud didn't move after falling, and his body camera pointed skyward after he fell backward to the ground.
Neither Maduro's mother nor any other police officers were injured, Waters said. Maduro subsequently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during the ensuing standoff with police that lasted throughout the morning.
No shots were fired by police, Waters said.
January incident:Jacksonville police officer wounded, man killed in a shooting during burglary investigation
'X-ray 461 down'
Daricaud and another officer had gone to Maduro's home to talk with him about the previous traffic incident. On March 19, Maduro fled the scene after other Jacksonville police officers pulled him over for running a red light. Police didn't pursue Maduro at that time because it was just a traffic offense, Waters said.
"I believe all they were going to do was ask some questions," Waters said Sunday's visit to his home. "They weren't going to kick his door down. There was no probable cause for that."
Neither Daricaud nor the other officer had their guns drawn. But the other officer had his Taser out as a precaution, Waters said.
When Maduro didn't respond to their knocks at the front door, the officers contacted his mother and she agreed to come to the house and let them inside. When she got there, she walked up to the front door with the officers, unlocked the door and opened it.
A friendly dog came out to her, and moments later the gunfire erupted and Daricaud went down.
"X-ray 461 is down" an officer can be heard radioing from the shooting scene.
Waters said police surrounded the house and SWAT officers came to the scene. Police blocked off the neighborhood of Morse and Ridgeview avenues — telling residents to shelter in place and others to stay away from the area — for much of the morning.
"He [Maduro] did fire a couple different volleys of shots from the house eventually killing himself," Waters said.
He also said that Maduro didn't have any serious convictions on his record or other indications of potential violence.
"It's hard to explain what's in someone's mind when they do something like that," Waters said.
In a Monday-afternoon update, the Sheriff's Office advised that Daricaud was listed in critical but stable condition. Jacksonville's fraternal order of police also said his family verified this GoFundMe to help with expenses.
"If he is ever able to return to duty, it will be a long and hard road," Lodge 5-30 posted on their Facebook.
Other recent JSO officers shot in the line of duty
Jan. 20, 2023: A JSO officer was struck by a bullet that grazed the left side of his face. Other officers then shot and killed an unnamed suspect outside a home in the 1800 block of Hardee St. The shooting evolved during a burglary investigation.
Aug. 18, 2017: Officers Michael Fox and Kevin Jarrell were shot at close range by a suicidal man armed with a high-powered rifle. Derrick Rashard Brabham, 25, was killed in the exchange of gunfire with police inside a home in the 5100 block of Seaboard Avenue on the city’s Westside.
July 25, 2017: K-9 Officer Jeremy Mason survived being shot in the face, then shot and killed a bank robbery suspect after a two-mile chase down Old Middleburg Road. The suspect, Michael Joseph Harris, 28, fired multiple bullets at police with one hitting Mason in the chin area. Mason and detective Brad Hurst returned fire and killed Harris.
March 9, 2016: An undercover Jacksonville narcotics detective survived being shot in the head, body and hand while off-duty as he took his 14-year-old son to school. The detective was shot during a confrontation with a 19-year-old man after the detective pulled his car over for driving erratically. The man later was sentenced to life in prison.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville police officer shot, critically injured; suspect dies
