Wilshire@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoFlorida man armed with garden shears survives gator attack before shot, killed by deputieswww.wesh.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down111
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minus-squareGhost_Pepper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down11·2 days agoRTFA. PCSO said he then used a brick to attempt to break into a resident’s truck. A witness told detectives they saw the suspect run at deputies with the shears. He was tased twice, but it didn’t stop him. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he climbed into the passenger side of a PCSO patrol vehicle, trying to get a deputy’s rifle. That’s when two deputies, identified as a trainee and his trainer, opened fire on the suspect, killing him. Judd said Schultz had a lengthy criminal history that included several arrests for methamphetamine.
minus-squareTwentySeven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·2 days agoIf the story is accurate, I have to say the cops were justified in this case.
RTFA. PCSO said he then used a brick to attempt to break into a resident’s truck.
A witness told detectives they saw the suspect run at deputies with the shears. He was tased twice, but it didn’t stop him.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he climbed into the passenger side of a PCSO patrol vehicle, trying to get a deputy’s rifle.
That’s when two deputies, identified as a trainee and his trainer, opened fire on the suspect, killing him.
Judd said Schultz had a lengthy criminal history that included several arrests for methamphetamine.
If the story is accurate, I have to say the cops were justified in this case.