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Wilder was a career criminal with 40 previous arrests and the Sheriff's Office said he was out on bond avoiding another arrest when the shooting took place.

He then used the butt of the gun to beat Potters, prompting Thoman to use fatal force to 'eliminate the threat'.

The officers were doing a routine traffic stop when Wilder jumped out of the car 'with a small stock AR-15-styled rifle' and started shooting.

Shooter Paris Wilder, 38, was left dead and Potters was severely injured.

Dashcam footage shows the moment Brevard County deputies Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman were ambushed by a gunman, prompting a shootout.

While being treated at the hospital, Riley jumped up and tried to grab an officer’s gun.Shocking moment Florida deputy gets shot and beaten with butt of AR-15-style rifle by passenger who burst out of car during traffic stop before cop's partner saves his life by killing career criminal in shootout His vehicle had also been stocked with supplies for a gunfight, authorities said, including bleeding control kits. Riley, who had no criminal history, also told authorities he was on methamphetamines. “And this morning he’s a cold-blooded killer.” He fought for his country in Afghanistan and Iraq,” said Judd. “Prior to this morning, this guy was a war hero. She said he’d spent the previous week on what he called a mission from God, stockpiling supplies that he said were for Hurricane Ida victims, including $1,000 worth of cigars. The family dog also was shot to death.Īuthorities said Riley’s girlfriend of four years, whom he lived with, had been cooperative and was shocked, saying he was never violent but suffered from PTSD and had become increasingly erratic.

Authorities released only Gleason’s name, and did not say if or how he was related to the other victims.Īuthorities declined to say how many times the victims had been shot or where they were in the home but said they were all hiding and huddling in fear. When it was clear, they found the bodies of Gleason the 33-year-old mother the baby and the baby’s 62-year-old grandmother, who was in a separate home nearby. Four people are dead including a mother who was still cradling her now-deceased baby in what Florida sheriff’s deputies are calling a massive gunfight early Sunday with a suspect they said was “ready for battle.” (Polk County Sheriff’s Office via AP)ĭeputies sent robots into the home to check for explosives and other traps. This image provided by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office shows the back of the residence where a Polk sheriff’s lieutenant entered the house and exchanged fire with a shooting suspect in a neighborhood in Lakeland, Fla. She told deputies there were three dead people inside, Judd said, adding that she was rushed into surgery and was expected to survive. A brave sergeant rushed in and grabbed the 11-year-old girl who had been shot at least seven times. Meanwhile, officers heard cries for help inside the home, but were unsure whether there were additional shooters and feared the home was booby-trapped. He had been shot once and was ready to surrender. Investigators said preliminary evidence shows 40-year-old Justice Gleason just happened to be an unlucky stranger out mowing his lawn Saturday night when Riley drove by his home in Lakeland, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) east of Tampa, saying God told him to stop because Gleason’s daughter was going to commit suicide.Įverything fell silent, Judd said, until a helicopter unit alerted authorities on the ground that Riley was coming out. “They begged for their lives and I killed them anyway,” Judd said Riley told them during an interrogation. Judd said Riley’s girlfriend told authorities Riley had been slowly unraveling for weeks and repeatedly told her that he could communicate directly with God. Judd said Riley, a former Marine who served as a sharpshooter in both Iraq and Afghanistan, seemed to have targeted his victims at random and appeared to be suffering from mental health issues. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a press conference that even after 33-year-old Bryan Riley was arrested Sunday morning, he was so aggressive that he tried to wrestle a gun from police as he lay on his hospital gurney.

An 11-year-old girl who was shot seven times survived.

#Florida officers ambushed full#

Riley was wearing full body armor fatally shot four people, including a mother and the 3-month-old baby she was cradling, and engaged in a massive gunfight with police and deputies before he was wounded and surrendered, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Sunday. 5, 2021, in the shooting of four people in Lakeland, Fla. Sheriff’s Office shows, Bryan Riley, who was arrested Sunday, Sept. This booking photo provided by the Polk County, Fla.

Toddler found after 3 days lost in the woodsĪn 11-year-old girl who was shot seven times survived.