âHe was my role modelâ: Daughter of fallen deputy remembers father killed 1 shift away from retirementÂ
Aaron Mesmer reports.
BRANDON, Fla. - The daughter of a Hillsborough County Sheriff s deputy who was killed in the line of duty spoke publicly about her father for the first time Friday. He was my dad and he was my best friend. That s who Brian LaVigne was, said Deputy Caitlin LaVigne, who followed in her father s footsteps and has been working at the same sheriff s office for nine years. I wanted to be just like him. I was going to be an FTO like him. He made street crimes, I wanted to be on street crimes too. Whatever he did, I wanted to do. I wanted to do what he did for people. I wanted to make people feel like he made them feel. It s just, there s no word to describe how much of a good influence he was on people.
A Florida sheriff s deputy was killed by a suspect the week he was set to retire
The crash happened on Monday afternoon. (CNN)A Florida sheriff s deputy who was just one shift away from retirement was killed Monday by a suspect in a fatal car crash, Hillsboro County Sheriff Chad Chronister said during a press conference.
Hillsboro County Sheriff s Office (HSCO) Master Corporal Brian LaVigne, 54, was in a marked vehicle when a suspect who had been tased unsuccessfully by deputies intentionally rammed the car, according to a press release from HCSO.
We will honor him as the hero and for the service he left behind as a teacher, as a mentor and again, someone who unselfishly served this community, Chronister said.
Police officer killed just 1 day before retirement in high-speed chase
ABCNews A police officer has been killed in the line of duty just one day away from retirement when a suspect intentionally crashed into his police cruiser.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff s Office (HCSO) in Florida said that the incident occurred at approximately 3:42 p.m. on Jan. 11 when authorities received a report from the Paddock Club Apartments in Brandon, Florida, that a man had been throwing property out of his apartment window and front door and that the individual had allegedly threatened to harm himself in the past.
However, when deputies arrived, they spoke to the man in question through the door and determined that there was no cause to arrest the individual at the time.
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By JON HAWORTH, ABC News
(NEW YORK) A police officer has been killed in the line of duty just one day away from retirement when a suspect intentionally crashed into his police cruiser.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) in Florida said that the incident occurred at approximately 3:42 p.m. on Jan. 11 when authorities received a report from the Paddock Club Apartments in Brandon, Florida, that a man had been “throwing property out of his apartment window and front door” and that the individual had allegedly threatened to harm himself in the past.
However, when deputies arrived, they spoke to the man in question through the door and determined that there was no cause to arrest the individual at the time.