JACKSONVILLE, FL : 84-year-old man carjacked in Mayport on Tuesday, 8th January 2019

An 84-year-old man kidnapped from his home last week by a robbery suspect fleeing police died peacefully Tuesday morning from injuries suffered when his carjacked SUV crashed, someone who knows the family told News4Jax.

Louis Reese, was critically injured in the crash on Atlantic Boulevard in East Arlington after being taken at gunpoint in his SUV on an 8-mile police pursuit. Two Jacksonville police officers were seriously injured during the chase. One has been released from the hospital, but the second remains in fair condition.

Reese had been on a ventilator in intensive care at Memorial Hospital, but had acknowledged his doctors with hand signals, the family said.

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