
Officer Jason Raynor, 26, was shot in the head while contacting a man in a suspicious vehicle at about 8:50 p.m. Wednesday.
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The bill authorizes emergency service vehicles, such as ambulances, to transport police K9s to a veterinary clinic. The bill also allows EMTs and paramedics to provide emergency care to police K9s at the scene of an emergency and/or while the K9 is being transported.
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“It is both a disaster and an emergency,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said. “Where the federal government has failed, the states are stepping up.”
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“Shots were fired,” Chief Richard Rand said. “K-9 was deployed, and the female was stopped.”
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As James ran down a breezeway in the complex, the sheriff's office said he tossed the 2-month-old baby at Deputy Jacob Curby.
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Authorities said the children found several guns, including a shotgun and an AK-47, inside the home and opened fire on deputies as they investigated a report of a break-in. Sheriff Mike Chitwood said his deputies “took fire” for about 30 minutes.
Read More →“The 14-year-old comes out of the garage with a pump shotgun, levels it at deputies and despite warnings to drop it, she walked back into the garage, she comes back a second time, and that’s when deputies opened fire after taking multiple rounds,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood said.
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Annually, Fort Myers seniors submit essays to the Tiara Brown Academic and Athletic Scholarship.
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“All my respect and gratitude goes out to these two men who took action when they saw a deputy under attack. It makes me proud to know that in Volusia County, our residents still have our deputies’ backs,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a statement online.
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"Officer Anthony Giorgio pretty quickly assessed just how bad this was about to get and took off at a dead sprint. He entered the water along with another man, Coast Guard Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Reece Raxter. They fought the chop and rip current to reach the kids."
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