Neighbors describe moments leading up to deadly Orange Park deputy-involved shooting

Clay County families are questioning what led to the shooting that left a local man dead and two deputies on administrative leave, per protocol.

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“Yelled something, stay in the car, don’t move, or something like that,” Cynthia Sampsell said.

The loud noises from across the street brought her running out of her home on Blanding Boulevard late Sunday night.

She said, “I hear two big gunshots, boom … boom.”

Sampsell said her daughter heard the gunfire, too, and panicked.

“She didn’t even want me coming out to the porch. She wanted me to stay inside and watch it. ‘Mom you might get caught in the crossfire.’”

According to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, at least one shot, fired by a deputy, hit and killed a man driving a gray SUV.

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Investigators tell us the man pulled out a gun during a traffic stop.

“The next thing I know, here come more cops galore,” Sampsell described.

The local mother said she didn’t know what was going on, but feared for her family’s safety.

“It’s just the way the world is right now. You’re scared to even go out and do anything, basically,” she said.

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