Charges include armed robbery, aggravated assault, drug offenses, battery of a law enforcement officer and attempted first degree felony murder. The National Fraternal Order of Police found that 51 law enforcement officers were shot, 13 of whom died, in 40 ambush-style attacks as of June 30, a 91 jump from the same time last year. Sheriff Ivey describes the shooter as a “career offender” with a record of violence and a list of 40 charges. Moving behind the shooter, Deputy Thoman then unloads his pistol into the aggressor, ending the melee.ĭuring a briefing about the shooting, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey had this to say about the number of shots fired into the suspect, “And to those out there who might be foolish enough to ask why we shot him so many times, that answer is simple: Because evil can never be dead enough.” Questions Remain As a result, Deputy Potter sustained multiple head lacerations, tissue damage, concussion and fractures of the orbital bone and sinuses.ĭuring the melee Deputy Thoman performs a combat reload, while moving to a tactical location. Using his jammed rifle, the shooter then begins to bludgeon Deputy Potter in the head and face with the firearm. In the video, deputies Potters and Thoman scan the area for the gunman who sneaks up behind them. As the scene unfolded the other two occupants fled the area. Marshal, who was shot twice during the same incident and is expected to survive.
Marshal serving a warrant for the apprehension of a sexual offender. After receiving a gunshot wound to the leg, Deputy Potters returns a similar wound to the gunman. Petersburg (Fla.) Police officers were killed Monday, while backing up a U.S. While returning fire, they were careful not to hit the car, with a 2-month-old infant and dog inside. Upon doing so, he opened fire with a short stock AR-15 style rifle.Īs shots rang out Deputy Potters and Deputy Thoman took cover and returned fire. As the deputies chatted with two occupants Deputy Brian Potters asked the third occupant to exit the vehicle. What started as a peaceful stop took a violent and deadly turn, with one officer injured and the gunman dead at the scene. "It's getting tough to do the job.VIDEO: Phoenix Officer Wins Very Close-Range Shootout in Restaurant Two Florida Deputies Ambushed "It's a tough time for law enforcement," O'Dell said of those reports. When O'Dell held his brief news conference outside the hospital where the two fallen Kissimmee officers had been taken, reports already had surfaced of two more officers shot in Jacksonville to the north. Rick Scott sent Tweets about the four officers, saying "we stand with ALL law enforcement in Florida." The three other people in the house were safe, Bruno said.įlorida Gov. He was shot and killed, and two of the police officers were wounded in the exchange of fire. The suspect then came out firing a high-powered rifle. In the northern Florida city of Jacksonville, police responded to reports of an attempted suicide at a home where three other people were thought to be in danger, Sheriff's Office Director Mike Bruno said.Ī team of officers heard gunshots inside and feared "an active shooter situation" so they approached the house, Bruno said. Broadcaster WFTV showed aerial footage of police cars with lights flashing swarmed a housing complex as the search continued early Saturday morning. (NBC) An officer with the Clewiston Police Department is being praised for his actions after he was ambushed by a man with a knife during a traffic stop. One of the original three suspects fled and was being sought, and the other three were arrested. The officers were checking three of the suspects when a fourth opened fire. When asked whether they were ambushed, he said, "It's too early to tell, but it's leading that way."īaxter, a three-year veteran of the department, and Howard, a 10-year veteran, died later in a hospital. They did not have an opportunity to return fire. In Kissimmee, officers Sam Howard and Matthew Baxter were checking suspects in an area of the city for drug activity when they were shot, Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O'Dell said at a news conference. All four suspects in the Kissimmee shooting were eventually arrested, and the shooter in Jacksonville was shot and killed when police returned fire. The other two officers were injured a couple of hours later in Jacksonville, one of them shot in both hands and the other in the stomach. The two slain officers were shot late Friday night in Kissimmee in central Florida just south of the theme park hub of Orlando. (AP) - Two police officers were killed and two others wounded in nighttime shootings in two Florida cities where the officers were responding to suspected drug activity and reports of a suicide attempt, police said Saturday.
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