“And the answer to people who may be foolish to ask why we shot him so many times is simple: evil can never die enough. “Don’t doubt it, this guy got what he deserved,” the sheriff said. Ivy says the two wizards standing outside have nothing to do with the ambush. A newly released video shows Florida sheriffs deputies being ambushed last month by a suspect described as a 'violent career criminal.' The incident occurred on Aug. The potters were shot in the leg, had their heads cut off, had tissue damage and broken bones, the sheriff said. Thoman fired several shots at the murdered suspect. Potters said he looks like he was shot, the suspect responded with a bullet wound.ĭeputies said as the suspect walked past a police cruiser, the suspect attacked Potters from behind after the rifle got stuck and both of them hit him on the head with a gun before falling to the ground. When Potters asks him to get out of the car, the suspect opens fire and closes the front of the car, endangering the baby’s seat. The suspect, who did not want to be identified, was sitting in the back seat. Thoman was talking to a woman in the back seat outside the car about a 2-month-old baby and a dog, while the other car was leaning against the back of the car. The whole incident lasted about a minute and was recorded on two consecutive cameras.
SC SHERIFF 5 NO AFTER USE WARNS CHILDREN’S PREDATORS: ‘IF YOU STOLE OUR CHILDREN, YOU WILL BE MARRIED’ “He was charged with 40 counts of aggravated assault and ambush, committed by criminals, including drug trafficking, aggravated assault during shooting, possession of a battery by a law enforcement officer, and first-degree felony.”. 30 in Melbourne, 70 miles southeast of Orlando, Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in a detailed video of the meeting. The incident involving Brevard County sheriff's deputies happened. Thoman is then seen firing multiple rounds, killing Wilder, ‘thus eliminating the threat and saving Deputy Potter’s life,’ Ivey said.Florida officials released a camera footage of the shooting involving an MP on Thursday, which resulted in a dead suspect who was not convicted of drug-related crimes and was convicted several times for violent crimes.īrevard County Deputy Sheriffs Brian Potters and Tyler Toman stopped a vehicle, ambushed, and fired on Aug. The other deputy quickly changes his clip and jumps in to assist, opening fire repeatedly at close range and killing the assailant. The video shows Wilder get out of the back of the car. Deputies say Paris Wilder of Cocoa opened fire on deputies after he was asked to leave a vehicle. Dashcam footage shows the moment two Florida deputies are ambushed by a gunman wanted on two active felony warrants, prompting a shootout that left the career criminal dead and an officer severely injured. 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’. Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey released footage Thursday from a traffic stop that lead to deputies being ambushed. The horrific attack occurred just west of the Interstate 95 overpass on U.S. The suspect then ambushes Potters from behind, beating him with the gun and knocking him to the ground. Melbourne, FL The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has released dashcam footage that captured the moment when two deputies were ambushed during a traffic stop on Aug. 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.