Ivey said Wilder 'fired numerous rounds at our deputies' and 'used the butt of the rifle to violently and repeatedly strike Deputy Potters in the head, causing significant injuries and lacerations'. The suspect then ambushes Potters from behind, beating him with the gun and knocking him to the ground. Wilder runs towards the deputies and they try to take cover behind the sheriff's car. 'I've been hit,' Potters shouts as Wilder starts hopping on one foot, appearing to have been shot too. Potters is then seen running away from the gunman as Wilder takes cover behind the car and continues shooting. Ivey suggested Wilder was 'avoiding arrest as he knew he was facing several minimum mandatory prison sentences in his pending cases'. Wilder was out on bond for two felony drug charges and two active felony warrants when the shooting happened. 'He (Potters) is immediately and without warning ambushed with a small stock AR-15-styled rifle that is pointed and fired directly at him,' Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in the video. He was out on bond for two felony drug charges and two active felony warrants when the shooting happened. Paris Wilder (pictured) was a career criminal with 40 previous arrests. The investigation is ongoing and both deputies have been placed on paid administrative leave, which is customary in all deputy-involved shootings.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.We’ve got to have law and order in this town and we need people to decide what’s going to be prosecuted, what’s not going to be prosecuted and what’s acceptable.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 If you’re sitting in traffic and it's being blocked, you need to step up and complain. No matter what we do, it feels like we can’t win."įinally, Dugan called on residents to let civic leaders know they want law and order. “If we show up to people who are just merely exercising their first amendment rights, it turns into a clash and the police are the bad guys,” he said. He says some protesters have questioned why officers aren’t escorting them anymore. In addition, he said residents have complained about some protests blocking intersections and slowing down traffic. “If we’re allowing them to take over the streets of downtown Tampa to exercise their first amendment rights, we’re allowing them to march through Hyde Park, where do we draw the line? One is a demonstration and one is a block party? This is the dilemma we’re in,” said Dugan. He says the crowd early Saturday appeared to be a block party rather than a demonstration. He also spoke about the demonstrations that have been taking place around the city.
Nobody has ours right now and that’s what I think is missing here. Dugan took the opportunity Monday for support from the community.
Another officer was also injured.Īll of the officers involved are OK. Dugan said when Officer Charles Bourne was trying to take the suspect into custody, that person tried to take his gun and hit him in the face. There’s an element out there that our officers have never had to deal with,” said Dugan.Įarly Monday morning, two other officers were injured when responding to a report of items being stolen at the 7-Eleven at Hillsborough and Nebraska Avenues. "I’m very concerned, you never know when a crowd is going to turn on you. Two officers were injured and one of them was taken to the hospital for treatment. He described the situation as an ambush and said he believes the report of a shooting was a set-up to get police officers to go to that location. The pressure that our police officers are under right now is incredible,” said Dugan during a news conference on Monday.ĭugan said the crowd of several hundred people blocked all four intersections and some jumped on a police car. Tampa officers injured in another incident Monday morning.One of the officers taken to hospital for treatment.
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