Jason Raffaeli

How they died

Deadly force

Deputies were called to the Amelia Island Surf and Racquet Club Condominiums just before midnight after Jason Raffaeli said three men armed with guns were in his sixth-floor unit. Deputies talked to Raffaeli on his cell phone, trying to get him to come out of the condo. Raffaeli said he had a loaded .45-caliber handgun and refused to come out, barricading himself in a bathroom, police said. Before backup arrived, police heard several gunshots inside the condo. Raffaeli appeared in the doorway with a handgun, and they told him to drop the weapon. Raffaeli refused and moved back inside the condo, then reappeared and said, "Tell my daddy I love him, and make sure you shoot me in the head." Deputies alleged that Raffaeli then fired at them, and he was shot and killed.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Jason Raffaeli, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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