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JSO: Man shot by officers after stabbing construction worker, charging at officer with knife

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Police shoot man after stabbing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UPDATE: Benjamin Kubi was booked into Duval County jail at 5:18 a.m. Wednesday and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and currently has no bond.

A Jacksonville man was in critical condition at the hospital after being shot by two officers Tuesday night. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office identified the 39-year-old suspect as Benjamin Kubi. Police said he drove up to a construction worker who was directing traffic through a construction site at 10:42 p.m. at Interstate 295 and N. Main Street.

Kubi got out of his vehicle and stabbed the construction worker with a knife, JSO said at a news conference at the crime scene Wednesday morning. The construction worker ran to his supervisor and said he was stabbed. The supervisor called to an off-duty Jacksonville officer who was working at the location and said, “‘Hey, that guy just stabbed our worker,’” JSO said.


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