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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — An Indian River County man on trial in connection with a deadly 2017 SWAT raid in Gifford was found not guilty of five of the six charges Friday. Andrew Coffee IV was charged with second-degree murder of his 21-year-old girlfriend and three counts of attempted murder of law enforcement after the raid led to an exchange of gunfire. He was also acquitted of shooting or throwing a deadly missile. The sheriff's office claimed Coffee IV fired shots first at deputies during an early-morning search warrant for narcotics at his Gifford home four years ago. According...

GIFFORD (CBS12) — The family of 21-year-old Alteria Woods, an innocent woman who was shot and killed during a S.W.A.T. Team raid in Gifford Sunday morning, said they are getting few answers from law enforcement. Woods’ aunt, Arlene Cooper, said it is hard coming to grips with what has happened to her niece. “I’ve never heard of this before. We don’t know what to do, no closure,” said Arlene Cooper, Alteria’s aunt. Woods was caught in the crossfire of the shootout, killed by Indian River County Sheriff’s deputies during the raid at the home, along 45th Street and 35th Avenue...