Retired Cop Fires Gun, Makes ISIS Comment Then Found Dead

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The alleged shooter who reportedly made comments about the ISIS terrorist group is identified as Earl Jackson, a retired, 59 yo law enforcement officer from Dade County, Fl. Mr. Jackson appears well-liked by his friends on social media.

News coverage of this event has taken many evasive turns with confusing and contradictory comments by officials and the media.

Likely sparked by Mr Jackson’s alleged ISIS comments, this next video reveals how an “ISIS event” can cause a massive turnout of law enforcement from two counties including the Marion County Sheriff and Ocala police department in addition to their counterpart agencies in Alachua County.

Both Counties are in possession of THE ROOK – an advanced SWAT team vehicle technology intended to rapidly defuse these situations with a minimum of casualties and loss of life – including a shooter with possible mental health issue.

But for some reason, the take-down of this Mr Jackson took over 5 hours and failed not demonstrate the ROOK or the MRAP were effective at quickly dealing with a lone shooter, armed with only a single handgun.

Despite the excessive swarm of agencies from Alachua and Marion counties who arrived, Mr. Jackson was not rescued for treatment for mental health issues. Instead, it turned out, Mr. Jackson was the only person who was shot in the prolonged agony of an event that ended his life.

Meanwhile, hundreds of motorists were trapped in their own potential situations of life-and-death while trapped on I-75 without food, water and bathrooms for hours in life-threatening heat that exceeded 100 deg F.

Many drivers suffered in the heat without air conditioning for hours having to turn their engines off during the prolonged ordeal. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRSckM-oEo&w=560&h=315]

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The next video shows Marion County Sheriff and City of Ocala police converging to the scene. The shooters car is a white, 4-door utility vehicle. Law enforcement appears to be searching Jackson’s car for explosives, weapons and evidence.

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It’s not clear why an armored ROOK from Marion County was deployed to the scene in Alachua County when both Sheriff agencies are in possession of this Swat armored vehicle technology.

Bob Tuskin Investigative Report

BOBTUSKIN.COM Investigative researcher and talk-show host, Bob Tuskin attempted to uncover inconsistencies in the “official story” concerning an alleged lone-nut shooting on I-75 in Alachua County, Fl.

The massive multi-agency response to what began as a “discharge of firearm” incident appeared to be excessive.

To Bob, the event appeared to look more like a pre-planned exercise until he discovered that Mr. Jackson was making comments about ISIS. The report of ISIS comments appeared early but was not repeated in further updates throughout the day.

In fact, the ISIS comment that appeared early on WCJB was deleted with an updated news item forwarded from the old url. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0T_MP2xQgI&w=500&h=315] WCJB posted a report that established they had early information from officials in the field that the shooter was allegedly making “terrorist statements about “ISIS”.

The massive call-out of law enforcement from Alachua and Marion counties was undoubtedly due to the threat of an ISIS attack, rather than a more likely incident involving a black, retired police officer with mental health issues, firing random shots in the woods. The Miami Herald reported that is was a Marion County Sheriff deputy who exchanged gunfire with Mr. Jackson.

“Marion County deployed a vehicle called a Rook, a small, enclosed, one-man vehicle that assists SWAT and can trek through the woods. Finally, Jackson was spotted by a Marion County deputy. Then gunfire was exchanged, according to the report. Jackson was killed at about 1:30 p.m. Marion County Sheriff’s Capt. Jimmy Polk said one of his deputies was “involved in the incident.” But he didn’t go into detail, and wouldn’t say if the officer had fired a weapon.”

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The WCJB news item above was removed from the website and replaced with an updated report with no mention of the ISIS threat and reporting “Man who shot at FHP trooper now dead”

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We know that a few bad cops can be dangerous all the time but PIO Art Forgey implies that Mr Jackson, who fired a handgun 3 times without striking anyone, requires a 2 County, multi-agency call-out to the scene because,

“with that type of training made him an extra dangerous person”.

In this next video it’s evident that Sheriff, Sadie Darnell, correctly regarded this more as a mental health issue than an “active shooter”. [vimeo 134778475 w=500 h=281] WCJB GAINESVILLE, Fla. –

Federal investigators are looking into 59-year-old Earl Jackson’s possible association to a terrorist group after a shootout with law enforcement officers. I-75 was shut down for hours and traffic backed up for miles Saturday, as law enforcement officers from across North Central Florida located and confronted Jackson.

“When deputies confronted him in the woods he made some statements and called the name ISIS,” ASO spokesperson Art Forgey explained Monday. An explosive detection K-9 team was called on scene to check Jackson’s vehicle that was still along the interstate. “With those comments we’re very careful and leads us to believe there’s possibly explosives — that’s been the method of operation for ISIS in the past,” Forgey adds.

Forgey did not specify what those comments exactly were. K-9 deputies found a lock box in his trunk with a firearm. Law enforcement officials say Jackson was a former correctional officer from Miami. Video submitted to the Alachua Post by an alert motorist on 7/25 shows vehicles from several agencies but no sign of the alleged shooter’s car. [vimeo 134568086 w=500 h=281] The deceased man is identified as 59 yo Miami resident, Earl Jackson. (Source)

“Authorities told The Gainesville Sun that a body with a gunshot wound was found Saturday afternoon a few hundred yards from the highway.

Sgt. Tracy Hisler-Pace of Florida Highway Patrol said the trooper was not injured.

Friends and family members said Jackson was a former Florida corrections officer.” (Source)

Two interesting comments beneath the report submitted by Cindy Swirko on July 25 for the Gainesville Sun allege they knew Mr. Jackson. One comment by Jane Washington-White suggested Mr. Jackson had mental health issues. See Article and comments (PDF)

WCJB – July 25: Traffic on Interstate 75 was delayed for miles as lanes were blocked by law enforcement working to catch a man who shot at a state trooper, causing a massive manhunt that slowed things down for motorists in North Central Florda.