Key Highlights
- The incident happened after a woman was forcefully carjacked Sunday night, and the suspect drove away with her 1-year-old child still in the back seat, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Deputies found the stolen car a few streets away, but when they tried to initiate a stop, the suspect crashed into another vehicle, causing a fiery wreck, officials said.
- Deputy Almin Residovic ran toward the car that was hit, asking a fellow deputy for a "puncher" to break a window.
- NYPD OFFICERS SAVE CHOKING 2-YEAR-OLD BOY, BODYCAM VIDEO SHOWS A deputy was seen pulling a woman from a burning car in Jacksonville, Fla.
- (Jacksonville Sheriff's Office via X) After pulling the car door open, he found a woman inside with her hair on fire."Oh, there's a person bro!" Residovic is heard exclaiming in the footage.
- The sheriff's office said "without hesitation" Residovic pulled the woman from the burning vehicle, dragging her to safety and providing emergency medical aid until help arrived. Video showed him repeatedly asking the woman if there was anybody else in the car.
