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Joshua Charles Thornton

United States · Aged 33 · Died 09/07/2021
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How they died

Suicide

About 4:30 p.m., a deputy stopped a car on Kingsland Court in Fruit Cove. When the deputy approached the car, which was parked in a driveway, the man driving fired one shot. The deputy then fired one shot. The deputy was not hurt, and the man was killed. Police later said that Joshua Thornton shot and killed himself, and the deputy's bullet only caused a flesh wound.

Alleged responsible partySt. Johns County Sheriff's OfficeReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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