{"id":105351,"date":"2024-04-28T00:04:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T00:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/two-florida-deputies-shot-suspect-killed-in-gun-battle\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T00:04:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T00:04:38","slug":"two-florida-deputies-shot-suspect-killed-in-gun-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/two-florida-deputies-shot-suspect-killed-in-gun-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Florida deputies shot, suspect killed in gun battle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Polk County Sheriff’s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(LAKELAND, Fla.) — Two deputies in Lakeland, Florida, were shot and a suspect was killed after a gun battle ensued in an area known for vehicle break-ins and burglaries, according to police.<\/p>\n

One deputy is in critical, but stable, condition and the other is in stable condition. Both are recovering in the ICU, according to police<\/p>\n

A deputy approached a vehicle deemed suspicious in a park and asked a male to exit the vehicle but he refused, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a press conference Saturday.<\/p>\n

The deputy then retreated to her patrol vehicle and called for backup, according to the sheriff. With four deputies on the scene, they attempted to remove the male — who the sheriff described as a “sovereign citizen,” — when the vehicle started moving before the suspect produced a gun and shot two deputies.<\/p>\n

One deputy suffered four gunshot wounds in his right arm and another was shot once through the arm and into his chest. Police returned gunfire and “shot a lot,” but police are unsure how many rounds were shot, according to the sheriff.<\/p>\n

The suspect, who is believed to have been living out of his vehicle, was killed in a gun battle.<\/p>\n

“He asked for a gun fight and we gave him a gun fight. And he’ll never be in another gun fight again because he’s dead, like he asked for,” Judd said.<\/p>\n

“He chose that outcome and we obliged it,” Judd said.<\/p>\n

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Polk County Sheriff’s Office (LAKELAND, Fla.) — Two deputies in Lakeland, Florida, were shot and a suspect was killed after a gun battle ensued in an area known for vehicle break-ins and burglaries, according to police. One deputy is in critical, but stable, condition and the other is in stableRead More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}