

PHOTOS: That’s no rock: Air Force bomb squad called after land mines found on Florida beachĬlick here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, and click here to watch the latest news on your Smart TV. Video released by the sheriff’s office shows the chaotic scene, and shots rang out from the gunman and deputies. According to recently released dashcam video from the Brevard County Sheriff’s.

In the very initial stages of the traffic stop, Deputy Tyler Thoman arrived on the scene and began to assist with addressing three occupants of the vehicle. Monday afternoon when Deputy Brian Potters conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle off of U.S. In addition to the 81 officers killed in ambush shootings between 2010 and. Melbourne, Florida The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office released dashcam footage showing two deputies who were attacked during a traffic stop on U.S. 192 just west of Interstate 95 in West Melbourne. In 2016, ambushes of law enforcement officers spiked dramatically. Ivey said the injured deputy was shot in the leg and also struck with the butt of what he described as a short-stock rifle. Updated Septem4:18 PM By Two Florida deputies were ambushed during a traffic stop in Brevard County. Monday afternoon when Deputy Brian Potters conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle off of U.S. READ: Sheriff: Manhunt underway after woman, baby found dead in car in Orange County A traffic stop of a vehicle ended with a Florida deputy injured and a suspect dead. “When you look at the video, but for the grace of God, our two deputies, or those two innocent bystanders, or that baby could have died at the scene,” Ivey said. WATCH: ‘I played dead and I prayed’: Girl remains hospitalized after family killed in Polk County shootingĪt the time of the shooting, Paris Wilder, 38, had two active bench warrants for his arrest in connection to two separate drug cases. In 2010, two Arkansas police officers stopped sovereign citizen extremists Jerry Kane and his sixteenyear-old son during a routine traffic stop on. Moments after offering to watch a 2-month-old in the back of that car, Deputy Brian Potters was forced to run for his life when the suspect jumped out of the car with a weapon.Īs deputies were speaking to people inside of the car, a third man jumped out of the backseat and opened fire on the deputies.īrevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey identified the suspect as a “career criminal” who was out on bond.
