Passerby shoots, kills motorist assaulting deputy after traffic stop

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no popular vote, apes or orange face people here:


A driver who attacked a Florida sheriff's deputy Monday morning was shot and killed by a bystander who warned him to stop beating the officer, according to a report.

The incident began at around 9:30 a.m. when the Lee County deputy tried to make a traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Estero. Instead of complying, witnesses said the driver took off, reaching speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.

The deputy chased the suspect onto an exit ramp, where a witness said the suspect got out of his car and assaulted his pursuer.

Shanta Holditch told WZVN that the suspect pulled the deputy out of his car and "just kept beating him and beating him ... throwing him to the ground and punching him in all different directions."

At that point, WINK reported, another driver got out of his car and ran to the scene. He told the suspect that he'd shoot him if he didn't stop beating the deputy.

"[He] refused to get off the officer and the officer kept yelling, 'shoot him, shoot him, shoot him,' Holditch said.

When the suspect didn't stop his attack, the third man shot him three times. The deputy was not hit. The suspect later died.

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Passerby shoots, kills motorist assaulting deputy after traffic stop | Fox News

 

[petros]

Hooray for that guy.

 

[lone wolf]

Justified....

 

[Murphy]

Finally.

 

[spaminator]

’Good Samaritan’ who shot deputy’s attacker gets new gun
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

First posted: Thursday, November 17, 2016 04:49 PM EST | Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2016 05:04 PM EST
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A bystander who shot and killed a man who was attacking a deputy near a southwest Florida highway has been given a new gun to replace the one he used in the shooting.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office tells the News-Press the bystander had a concealed weapons permit and ordered 53-year-old Edward Strother to stop attacking the deputy before opening fire along Interstate 75 in Estero on Monday.

Officials have called the shooter a good Samaritan. The sheriff’s office is not naming the bystander because the incident is under investigation. No charges have been filed.

With the shooter’s gun impounded as evidence, local gun shop owner Mark Williams says he reached out to offer the man a replacement firearm. Sheriff’s deputies accompanied the shooter to the store to pick up the handgun Tuesday.

Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott praised the gun shop in a Facebook post.
’Good Samaritan’ who shot deputy’s attacker gets new gun | World | News | Toront