“The suspect is a perfect example of what is wrong with our criminal justice system, as he is a registered career criminal with 23 felony arrests and 17 misdemeanor arrests for narcotics trafficking, aggravated assault with a weapon, robbery with a firearm, battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and attempted first-degree felony murder,” Ivey said. He did not identify the deputies involved in Monday’s shootings, and he did not divulge further details. The other deputy shot the suspect multiple times, Ivey said. “As the suspect continued to violently engage our deputies, he concealed himself multiple times behind the cars and eventually ran up behind one of our deputies - using the butt of the rifle to strike him multiple times in the head, causing significant lacerations and tissue damage,” he said.
“The suspect was the initial aggressor in this case, as he concealed his weapon until he exited the vehicle and immediately began firing on our deputies in an attempt to take their lives and avoid arrest, as he was wanted on several warrants,” Ivey said. That’s when the deputy was shot in the lower leg. Ivey said the suspect was asked to exit the vehicle - and in an ambush, he started firing at the deputy closest to him with a short-barreled rifle. He said the suspect vehicle had three occupants, and the 2-month-old baby and the gunman were in the back seat. The investigation continues, and Ivey said dashcam video will be publicly released.Įarly during the traffic stop, Ivey said a second BCSO deputy arrived at the scene to assist.
#TWO DEPUTIES AMBUSHED BY CAREER CRIMINAL FULL#
The wounded BCSO deputy is hospitalized and expected to make a full recovery, Ivey said in a 5-minute Monday night video message. Afterward, investigators cordoned off the long-vacant former Texaco gas station site at Columbia Lane with yellow crime scene tape. 192 in West Melbourne, just west of the Interstate 95 overpass.
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