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TPD: Overnight hostage situation leads to deadly officer-involved shooting
The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating after a hostage situation led to an officer-involved shooting late Thursday night.
and last updated 2021-04-09 15:59:07-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating after an officer-involved shooting late Thursday night.
According to TPD, an officer shot and killed an armed man after he threatened the officer with a weapon.
Just after 11 p.m., an officer on routine patrol made contact with a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot in the 800 block of Ocala Road, TPD said.
According to the report, two men, a woman, and a child were in the car at the time. When the driver stepped out to speak with the officer the other man moved to the driver s seat and took off with the female passenger and child.
1:50 p.m. update
A Tallahassee police officer shot and killed a man late Thursday who allegedly held hostages at a Valencia Drive townhouse before jumping out of a second-floor window and raising a handgun toward the officer.
Police Chief Lawrence Revell said during a Friday morning news conference that the shooting appeared proper given the evidence so far, including footage from officer-worn body cameras that captured the entire incident. I think in this case you will see when the evidence is made available that our officers did exactly what they were trained to do,” he said, adding that the city intends to release the footage before a grand jury convenes to review the shooting. “So I would simply ask our community to wait and see the evidence. And weigh that evidence based on what it is.”
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