5/7/2023 0 Comments Florida deputy ambushed![]() With a complete disregard for the safety of the 2-month-old in the backseat of the vehicle himself, Wilder exits the vehicle the moment Deputy Potter gives him an opportunity and starts firing at the deputy with the other two civilians still in the line of fire. They appear to be having a casual enough conversation where Potter even mentions having a baby at home himself. In the vicinity of the gun-fight were a total of three civilians, one of which was just a 2-month-old baby that was in the backseat of the vehicle with the shooter, 38-year-old Paris Wilder.ĭuring the stop, you can hear Deputy Brian Potter speaking with Wilder in the backseat of the vehicle. ![]() In a traffic-stop gone wrong, two deputies from the Brevard Sheriff's Office in Florida find themselves in a life or death gun battle against a career criminal armed with a rifle. I'm just extremely thankful that our deputies are safe and the suspect is no longer on this planet where he could put someone else's life in peril.Deputies from Brevard Sheriff's Office find themselves in a life or death gun battle after an attacker steps out of a vehicle they have stopped and immediately opens fire on them at close range.įor those not interested in the Sheriff's comments, you can skip to 3:31 in the video. Sheriff Ivey added (emphasis added): "As I have said several times before…if you point a gun at one of my Deputies you just guaranteed yourself a trip to one of three locations…the hospital, the morgue, or if you are real lucky…the hospital and jail!. He told reports that he spoke to both deputies to let them know: “ how proud I am for the way they responded to this extremely violent thug who ambushed and attempted to kill both of our Deputies as well as put other lives at risk, including a 2-month-old baby who was in the backseat of the car where the suspect first began firing from." More than 61 rounds were fired in less than one minutes during the firefight.īrevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said “I'm just extremely thankful that our deputies are safe and the suspect is no longer on this planet where he could put someone else's life in peril." Deputy Thoman emptied his 2nd clip into Wilder to ensure the threat was eliminated. ![]() Wilder’s weapon had apparently jammed, so he used the butt of the rifle to bash the head of Deputy Potters who sustained a broken sinus and orbital bone.ĭeputy Thoman managed to shoot Wilder as he stood over Potters beating him. As the attack on the injured deputy continued, the original deputy was able to end the threat by using deadly force and shooting Wilder.” The injured deputy was also attacked by Wilder with multiple strikes to the head with the butt of the rifle. During the exchange of gunfire, one deputy was shot in the lower leg and sustained a non-life threatening injury. The gunman was later identified as 38-year-old Paris Wilder, a career criminal with 40 previous arrests including 23 felony arrests.įrom the Brevard County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office press release: “When the suspect was asked to exit the vehicle, Wilder immediately opened the door armed with a rifle and began shooting at the deputies. Deputies returned fire in an effort to save their own lives, as well as the lives of others at the scene, which included a 2-month-old infant located in the rear of the suspect vehicle.
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