Gwendolyn Granade called the sheriff s office on Sunday.
“I saw a man holding a rifle or a shotgun, Granade told Daily Commercial this week. He had a look on his face. I can’t describe it.”
She said she saw Sayre holding the weapon up in the air, then watched him climb a fence onto an adjoining wooded property. She then heard him shout: “Help.”
Granade said she heard a deputy shout, “Show me your hands,” and then heard a single shot.
From the video, it appears Sayre was shot in his right side. He was airlifted to the trauma center at Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford.
The report also reveals the name of the deputy who shot Daniel P. Sayre Deputy Brian Schneider.
But it raises more questions, too.
Several hours of body camera footage were released to the Daily Commercial and other news outlets Friday. The videos were slow to download and difficult to examine. In the end, however, no weapon could be seen in the hands of Sayre, though witnesses have said they saw him with a gun.
Meanwhile, the report brings into light what witnesses saw on May 2 in the rural area between Lake Mack and DeLand.
That day, LCSO responded to calls of an armed man spooking two horses in a pasture at 1:15 p.m. at 43340 Cooter Pond Road.
DELAND Gwendolyn Granade knew that something was wrong Sunday afternoon when she heard her two horses running around in the pasture, frightened about something.
“I saw a man holding a rifle or a shotgun, she told the Daily Commercial. He had a look on his face. I can’t describe it.”
After holding the weapon up in the air, he climbed a fence and went onto adjoining wooded property. Granade then heard him shout: “Help!”
She called the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
“He’s at the road,” Granade shouted to one of the deputies when they arrived.
“I know,” he replied.