Brevard County Sheriff's Office Dashcam footage captured the dramatic scenes of the traffic strop turned shooting. Potters was wounded in the leg and buttocks. “For those out there who might be foolish enough to ask why we shot him so many times, that answer is simple - because evil can never be dead enough,” Sheriff Wayne Ivey said.
Wilder was described by the sheriff’s office as a career criminal with 40 prior arrests. The sheriff’s office said Deputy Thoman fired the fatal shots at Wilder as the gunman was attacking Deputy Potters. He then repeatedly struck Deputy Potters in the head with his gun. Wilder then chased the two deputies even as they fired at him. Wilder burst out of the car with the rifle and immediately opened fire on the two deputies, the footage showed.ĭeputy Potters was shot as he tried to take cover behind his vehicle. Their exchange took a turn after the deputy asked Wilder to step out of the vehicle. Brevard County Sheriff's Office Potters was shot as Wilder took out the gun. Brevard County Sheriff's Office The officers had made the traffic stop before the scene escalated. It wasn’t immediately clear why deputies stopped the men.ĭeputy Potters could be seen joking with Wilder as he sat in the backseat after the deputy spotted a two-year-old child and dog sitting next to him.ĭeputy Tyler Thoman was targeted with Potters by Paris Wilde. The gunman ended up being shot dead as deputies returned fire, while deputy Potters suffered gunshot wounds to his leg and buttocks.įootage released by the sheriff’s office on Friday showed the deputies speaking to two men outside the stopped car just moments before the ambush unfolded. Two Florida sheriff’s deputies were ambushed during a traffic stop after a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle stormed out of a vehicle and opened fire on them, terrifying new dashcam video shows.īrevard County Sheriff’s Deputies Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman were targeted by gunman Paris Wilder, 38, during the stop in West Melbourne on Aug.
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