I live in Vero Beach and this is the biggest thing that’s happened here in years. The local news stories say that the locksmith is in critical condition, as well as another deputy who are in the trauma hospital, Lawnwood Fort Pierce, along with the shooter.
The mother had to know he had a gun don’t you think?
She might not have known. Or if she did she might have had no reason to suspect he would shoot at the deputies and the locksmith. Looking at the clerk’s website the only record Halberstam had was this eviction and a traffic citation. I don’t know what other record he might have in other counties.
However seeing how she had to get an eviction order on her own son I suspect there was bad blood between them and maybe she was not has forthcoming to the sheriff’s department as she could have been on whether her son posed a danger to them.
I am in St. Lucie so this made big news here as well.
One of the first questions asked by police is often “are there any guns in the house?” The answer dictates tactics.