JACKSONVILLE, Fla.
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Six hours after a 21-year-old firefighter was shot in the head at an Arlington gas station early Tuesday morning, police arrested a woman who they said admitted to picking up the victim's gun pointing it at him.
Sgt. T.K. Waters with Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said a 911 call came in just before 1 a.m. from a BP gas station at the corner of University Boulevard and Fort Caroline Road. Waters said that's where they found a man in the parking lot, bleeding from a gunshot wound.
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue pronounced the man deceased at the scene. JFRD later confirmed the victim was firefighter Emanuel Porter II, who friends called Manny.
Police said Fisthnise Saint Breux confessed to picking the victim's 40-caliber automatic handgun up off the driver's seat of the car they rode in to the gas station.
According to police, the 18-year-old woman told detectives that she pointed what she thought was the unloaded gun at the victim and told him, "I ain't gonna shoot you." Saint Breux said she didn't remember pulling the trigger, but the gun went off.
According to police, Saint Breux said she threw the gun in nearby bushes after the shooting and waited with two other people who were with Porter in the car to be questioned by police. At 6 a.m. Tuesday, Saint Breux was arrested and charged with manslaughter and tampering with evidence.
JFRD said Porter had been with the department for less than a year and was assigned to Engine 1's B shift. His father and uncle were firefighters. Randy Wise, head of the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters, said Porter had completed paramedic training and was also taking college courses.
"It's like a dream. It's not even like he's gone. It's just like he's far away and I just can't reach him," said Michael Harrell, Porter's best friend, who was also in the car when the shooting happened. "Of all things in Jacksonville to get killed over. It wasn't even supposed to go down like that."
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