12-09-2010, 07:35 AM
young deputy murdered on duty last night.
waiting for name of officer and a photo.
December 9, 2010
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Investigators still are not sure at this point if there is a second suspect involved in the fatal shooting of an Orange County deputy.
The 27-year-old deputy was killed about 8:30pm Wednesday night in the area of Holden Avenue and Orange Blossom Trail. He was shot in the head moments after pulling over a truck.
The incident all started with a traffic stop. The deputy’s cruiser still sits where it was parked, but it is now surrounded by small cones used as evidence markers.
The shooting happened on a dark street behind an Orange Blossom Trail strip mall, where rescuers responded to calls from residents that an officer was down.
“We started to get units on scene and we discovered that we did have one of our officers down. He was critically injured and transported to the hospital,” said Capt. Angelo Nieves with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
But there was nothing doctors could do to save the young officer who had been on the force for just four years.
he was married to another deputy.
accomplice may be at large.
Deputies located a suspect's pickup at a nearby apartment complex after the shooting and found a man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a wooded area. The man was identified as 29-year-old Brandon Lyals.
waiting for name of officer and a photo.
December 9, 2010
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Investigators still are not sure at this point if there is a second suspect involved in the fatal shooting of an Orange County deputy.
The 27-year-old deputy was killed about 8:30pm Wednesday night in the area of Holden Avenue and Orange Blossom Trail. He was shot in the head moments after pulling over a truck.
The incident all started with a traffic stop. The deputy’s cruiser still sits where it was parked, but it is now surrounded by small cones used as evidence markers.
The shooting happened on a dark street behind an Orange Blossom Trail strip mall, where rescuers responded to calls from residents that an officer was down.
“We started to get units on scene and we discovered that we did have one of our officers down. He was critically injured and transported to the hospital,” said Capt. Angelo Nieves with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
But there was nothing doctors could do to save the young officer who had been on the force for just four years.
he was married to another deputy.
accomplice may be at large.
Deputies located a suspect's pickup at a nearby apartment complex after the shooting and found a man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a wooded area. The man was identified as 29-year-old Brandon Lyals.