The sergeant, who was behind the suspect and wasn’t able to see the bottle 'heard the popping noise' and thought the man had shot at his deputies, Sheriff Judd said. He fired one shot, hitting the man in the neck.
The man, who was with a female companion, stole a red Toyota pickup truck from a supermarket parking lot in Winter Haven, officials said.
A short time later, the pair went into a tire store and asked an employee for money, officials said. When told there was no money, the man took a rifle from a duffle bag and pointed it at the employee. He started looking around for money but left when a customer arrived.Deputies began looking for the pair, and spotted the red pickup truck. They were unsuccessful in using stop sticks, and the man tried to hit a deputy with the truck, officials said.
As he continued, deputies were able to close in around him. The man put the rifle under his chin and told deputies to kill him. "He then dropped from the sunroof out of sight for a moment, then stood up with a rifle in one hand, and a Busch Light beer bottle in the other, which he smashed against his forehead, breaking the bottle," according to a sheriff’s news release."Thank God none of our deputies were injured today," the sheriff said. "The suspect made several bad choices this morning, including the choice that forced our sergeant to shoot him.
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