The suspect was later identified as Paris Wilder, 38, of Cocoa, Florida. While the assailant's death is not seen in the frame, it is still marked as 'graphic' on Facebook, and viewer discretion is advised. Meanwhile, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office released the video of the West Melbourne shooting on social media as part of a press conference with Sheriff Wayne Ivey. The Polk County Sheriff's Office later confirmed that a suspect was in custody and that no officers had been hurt. This latest incident echoes a similar one in Lakeland, Florida, recently, where authorities were ambushed and fired upon while responding to reports of an infant being shot. Investigators reported that over 60 bullet casings were found at the scene. The incident also left one of the deputies with a bullet wound in his leg. Around this point, one of the officers is able to fire on the suspect at close range, killing him. Deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office had pulled over a vehicle with three adult passengers and a two-month-old infant.Īfter making some conversation with the two others, the deputies ask the third passenger to exit the vehicle.Īs seen in the video, that passenger quickly exits the vehicle and opens fire on the officers with an automatic firearm, forcing them to quickly take cover.Įventually, it appears that the suspect's weapon jams, forcing him to attack the officers with the butt of his gun. 30 near West Melbourne as a routine traffic stop, according to KABC.
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Deputy Potters is expected to make a full recovery.A newly released video shows Florida sheriff's deputies being ambushed last month by a suspect described as a "violent career criminal." Wilder was 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 law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and attempted first-degree felony murder. Deputy Thoman on the scene once again engaged Wilder and shot him multiple times, eliminating the threat to himself and Deputy Potter with the suspect being subsequently pronounced dead. As Wilder continued to violently engage Deputies, he concealed himself multiple times behind the cars and eventually ran up behind Deputy Potters and used the butt of the rifle, to strike him multiple times in the head causing significant lacerations and tissue damage. Wilder was the initial aggressor in this case as he concealed his weapon until he exited the vehicle and immediately began firing on Deputies in an attempt to take their lives and avoid arrest as he was wanted on several warrants. Deputy Potters was immediately shot by Wilder in the lower leg, at which time both Deputies returned fire in an effort to save their own lives, protect the others at the scene, and the 2-month-old baby in the rear of the car that was directly in the middle of the shootout. The man was identified as 38-year-old Paris Wilder of Cocoa. At one point during the traffic stop, the passenger in the back seat of the car where the 2-month-old baby was contained, was asked to exit the vehicle at which time he immediately exited and produced a short stock rifle which he began firing at Deputy Potters. 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. 192 just west of Interstate 95 in West Melbourne. Monday afternoon when Deputy Brian Potters conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle off of U.S.
Melbourne, Florida - The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office released dashcam footage showing two deputies who were attacked during a traffic stop on U.S.
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