About exactly what happened. You were sent to get an update on the deputies conditions. What have you found out . The good news is both deputies are expected to be okay. Within the last five minutes, we got an identification of them. Theyre the two deputies who were attacked at this yellow home right behind me. Now, also within the last five minutes, deputies reopened this stretch of pineapple avenue. The work is not over. Theyre working to get a clear picture of what happened this morning. Didnt know the extent of what was really going on. He says he arrived home this afternoon to his street shut down and uniformed officers converging on his nextdoor neighbors house. Sky 6 captured the moments after two deputies say they were attacked by a man wielding a collapsible baton there. Investigators say they had responded to this home for a Domestic Violence call this morning. When the man came from the they say they were tackled by a woman on the property, right after. The deputies both man
A woman. Reporter she is being held on a 500 bond and the other suspect is being held on no bond here at the jail. Both are accused of turning their backs on veteran deputies who went to help them. Have deputies ever been there before . No. Reporter tonight we were at this home when deputies took around bags filled with evidence from this backyard. To deputies were hit in the head with a baton at the home during a domestic disturbance call at noon. We asked for dash cam video but deputies say there is not and they have the baton and evidence. We have pictures of deputies skinner. Hriciso received high honors during his career for risking his life during duty. That is really dumb and stupid. Reporter mike siegler lives a few doors down and met the couple. Trying to see who they were, they seem to be nice people. Reporter deputies arrested 22yearold Skylar Francis and courtney johnson. It angers me and frustrates me when i see one of my team hurt. Knowing they went there to try and help
Latest information. Just got the names and photos of the deputies injured in this attack. And, the two subjects as they were trying to arrest, you a boyfriend friend and girlfriend. The deputy and his partner, Marie Skinner on the left, both deputies 17 years with the department and were trying to break up a domestic argument between schyler francis and Courtney Johnson, both 22 from mims and it started on pine apple avenue and the two partners got a call to respond to a Domestic Violence argument in the backyard here on pineapple avenue. When they arrived they observed a male and female and boyfriend and girlfriend in a heat argument and as they began separating the parties according to the Sheriffs Office the male broke away, and, the deputy produced a metal collapsable baton, and start striking the deputy in the back of the head. According to Sheriffs Office, he fell to the ground, and, his partner, Deputy Skinner went to the aid of her downed partner at which time she was struck in
Amy says it is light. A few showers. We have heavy downpours and thunderstorms. We could have strong to severe wind gusts. It is going to be messy. More rain expected on thursday. A lot of clouds today. I usually say it will not be a washout. The rain keeps pouring in. Temperatures climb a little from where we are now. 65, orlando. This is the initial moisture coming in. To our west. That is on its way. In closer, that is going to fire up wind gusts and a low threat for tornadoes from late morning through the afternoon and evening commute. Right now, it is fairly light rain across flagler county. Central florida, much of the area is covered with light rain or moderate rain, where you see the yellows across downtown orlando. Several pockets of rain in osceola and polk county. Rain is going to continue filling in as we had through the day. We had some thunderstorms earlier in tampa. We will keep an eye out for the possibility of those storms over the next couple of hours. Upper 60 s and
A few minor injuries have been reported. A number of storms caused crashes and shut down portions s turnpike south of Central Florida. You can track all the Severe Weather on your smartphone or tablet by downloading the wesh 2 first alert weather out. Covering Orange County. Deputies say a man was shot tried to break into his car. Deputies say the suspects got away. The man was taken to the hospital and is expected to be ok. This happened last night just before 11 30. Deputies are still looking for the suspects and there is a ongoing investigation. Michelle the Orlando Police department held its end of the year review, looking back at 2015. Alex villareal was there as the police chief looked at the challenges and successes. I think there s a misconception out there that police are using more force than usual. That s not the case. As you can see, our use of force incidents have decreased by almost 24 over the past four years, and we believe that is because of our training. Alex that sta