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We also learned that another sheriff's deputy was shot and wounded, and we hope for their speedy recovery,' Scott said in the statement. 'Today, we are saddened to learn of a Leon County sheriff's deputy who was killed in the line of duty this morning.

Rick Scott released a statement offering condolences to the slain and injured deputies and commenting on the proximity of Saturday's shooting to the one at FSU. May was shot and killed by police on the library's front steps. The two others have been released from the hospital. One student is still in critical condition. Myron May, 31, shot two students and an employee at the Strozier Library. Saturday's shooting follows shocking events Thursday on Florida State University campus. I don't think it's representative of the families that live here.'Ĭheryl Barfield owns the home where emergency responders were first called to Saturday morning.īarfield, who is currently living in Titusville, said her sister had been house-sitting for her, but declined to comment further when reached Saturday afternoon.īarfield said she was just learning details of what occurred when contacted by the Democrat. We are just thankful that this is more the exception, than the rule. 'This is a very quiet middle-class neighborhood off of Fred George Road near Springwood (elementary). 'I feel that it was the presence of Jesus that prevented more injuries or fatalities,' Davis said. But, she said, the incident was unsettling. 'One of the main reasons why I moved here was because there were so many police officers and firemen in this neighborhood, and it's crazy to think something like that could happen right down the street,' Baker said.Įlmira Davis, a Tallahassee educator who lives in the neighborhood, was not home at the time of the shooting.

'She called me so I rushed home immediately.'īaker's wife, Lola, and their one-year-old daughter, Ariana, were very unnerved by what they heard. 'My wife was sleeping, and she heard a bunch of gunshots and then she said they were followed by even more,' he said.

COPS AMBUSHED IN FLORIDA SERIES

Neighbors say they heard a series of alarming gunshots in the early morning hours.īrad Baker, 23, was at work at the time of the shooting. City buses were brought into the neighborhood to provide shelter from the rain. The quiet neighborhood near Springwood Elementary School is filled with single-family homes.ĭuring the afternoon, dozens of vehicles of police and residents who were unable to get to their houses within the multi-block crime scene lined the streets of the neighborhood. The other wounded deputy's injuries are not believed to be serious.Ĭaracus Court is tucked away in residential neighborhood Plantation Woods off Fred George Road. It is not known if anyone was home during the fire or shooting, but the house remained ablaze for several hours Saturday. We are in the very early stages of this investigation.' 'This thing is still active and still developing. 'There are a lot of components at work right now,' McQuaig said.

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