Florida deputy killed and 2 officers wounded in ambush shooting, police say

3/8/2024 18:02

        A Florida sheriff's deputy was killed and two other deputies were wounded while attempting to reach the first officer in what police called an ambush shooting inside a home.
        
        The three deputies were shot at a house in Eustis, Florida, on Friday night, Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell said during a news conference at the scene.
        
        Two suspects were killed and a third was wounded when police stormed the home in an attempt to retrieve a deputy who had been shot and was trapped inside, Grinnell said.
        
        Police received a report of a disturbance around 8 p.m. Two deputies went a few houses down the street from the caller and found a door that appeared to have been kicked in.
        
        "When the deputies entered the home, there was a lot of gunfire," Grinnell said.
        
        One deputy was shot and trapped inside while the other retreated. More officers arrived and formed a team to enter the house and retrieve the deputy, but were met with "a hail of gunfire" and another deputy was struck, Grinnell said.
        
        The male deputy who was the first shot and trapped inside did not survive, he said.