His left arm and approach one of our deputies. As he approached the deputy, he stated you are going to have to kill me. Reporter one deputy stepped back and pulled his gun the other ordered him to drop the knife and pulled his gun when he didnt comply he shot the man several times. Why did they come to the complex . Of the mans girlfriend needed help. She said it was violent and drunk. They were visible marks on her neck. Neighbors say they are surprised. He didnt stop drinking, didnt stop doing the wrong thing that doesnt ot rational thought. You dont come after a Police Officer armed i dont care how messed up you are. They did the right thing. Split second decisions for the deputies when someone is approaching with a large knife up raised like this, there are no other protocols decides to use force. Reporter the mans girlfriend and two Young Children were inside of the time. Tonight we are told they are okay. A couple quick questions, do not deputies have been before . Could this be
As he approached our deputy he stated you are going to have to kill me. All new a deadly threat a man charges at deputies with a thanks for joining us. Im wendy ryan. Im jamison uhler. Deputies say the mans actions forced them to shoot. Lets head straight to Michael Paluska live at the duvall park apartments. Michael. Reporter jamison, deputies telling us they had no other choice. They are still here on scene investigating. Witnesses also told us that they did see the man lunge at deputies with that knife. We also did see a picture that we are not showing our viewers it did show that man holding a very large kitchen knife. The 911 call came in just before 5 30. Pinellas county investigators say the man who was shot and killed by deputies had just battered his girlfriend. She ran to a anybodys home with her children and told deputies that her boyfriend was armed. They described the door opening quickly. He had the niefn his hand and said you are going to have to kill me. Reporter deputy
Livermore failed to turn up signs of that voter. We get more on that developing story. She talks with authorities saying he six safety rules were not told before that vote ran into trouble. All was quiet at duvall park as friends waited for word about the 31 yearold. The police say the man went missing after a small aluminum fishing boat he was on capsized friday evening. At this time we are focusing our efforts on the last known location. These buoys and i robot in their search. The Fire Department and they contra costa fire helicopter found no sign of him late friday. There was a teambuilding workshop going on yesterday. He is a salesforce employee who is with roughly 20 other workers in the areas of the park. He took three trips to ferry the people back to the marina area here, and it was a privately owned boat that they brought to the park. Thats when things went wrong. That is when we believe the weight of the boat started taking on water. It should have only carried four to six p