Man shot by Jacksonville police faces multiple charges

A man who was shot in the leg by a police officer Sunday night while fleeing the scene of a robbery at a Waffle House in Jacksonville faces charges including attempted capital murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping, police said.

Vashun Mayo, 31, of Jacksonville was shot in the leg after officers responded to an armed robbery at a Waffle House on Sunday, police said in a news release Wednesday.

Dispatchers received a 911 call from a victim inside the restaurant at 116 Marshall Road, the release says.

“While victims were interviewed, it was determined that Mayo threatened to kill the manager if they did not provide all the money from the safe after taking money from the register,” an arrest report from the Jacksonville Police Department says.

The report says Mayo forced all the employees and customers, including a 15-yearold, into the manager’s office at gunpoint.

Police attempted to contact Mayo, but the front door was locked, the release says. An officer broke the glass and entered the building. Mayo fled from police, fired two shots and announced that he had a gun, the release says.

Mayo fled into the woods and was shot in the leg by Officer Jacob Davidson, police said.

Davidson has been with the Police Department since January of 2021. He is currently on paid administrative leave in accordance with the department’s policy, the release says.

Another officer received a minor injury on his hand while pursuing Mayo, police said. The identity of that officer was not immediately released.

The release says Mayo gave himself up after he was shot, and aid was rendered at the scene.

He was then taken to a hospital to be treated for his wound, said April Kiser, a spokeswoman for the Jacksonville Police Department.

Mayo was arrested Tuesday on charges of attempted capital murder, aggravated robbery, five counts of kidnapping, possession of a firearm by a certain person, theft by receiving, endangering the welfare of a minor, terroristic threatening, five counts of aggravated assault, tampering with physical evidence, second-degree battery and fleeing.

Mayo also faces charges in three business robberies and an attempted robbery that occurred last week in Jacksonville and one robbery that occurred early Sunday, according to arrests reports.

Because the gun used in the Waffle House robbery was reported stolen from a car in October, Mayo also faces a charge of theft by receiving, according to an arrest report.