Posted on 11/14/2016 10:27:48 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Shooting on I-75 in Fort Myers WFTS - Tampa, FL
The Monday morning commute in Estero, Florida came to a standstill today after a suspect led police on a wild and deadly chase along southbound I -75.
One of those drivers who got caught up in the drama this morning was Rick Maestas. He spoke to WINK News this morning and had this to say about what he saw:
"There was a high-speed pursuit on the left shoulder when I got off the ramp…there was a man on top of another man …they were struggling for a little bit then I heard three shots…then the man who was sitting on top of the police officer fell to the side…the police officer got up, he was exhausted and laid back down, then help came."
Other drivers, who witnessed pieces of the action as it unfolded this morning, wrote about it later online. One person said the suspect drove past them going at least 120mph… "he flew by a deputy who then chased him for at least 3 exits."
It appears that the deputy was working an accident at Mile Marker 126 when the suspect "came upon him" and that's when the pursuit began.
Another woman wrote: "I watched the suspect jump out of his car and run toward the officer and tackled him."
The Lee County Sheriff's Office told local news media that the deputy who was involved, 12-year veteran Deputy First Class Dean Bardes, is expected to be okay. The suspect who was fighting with the deputy was killed during the struggle and WINK is reporting that a passerby is the one who shot him.
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"The passerby, who had a Concealed Weapons License, exited his vehicle and instructed the suspect to stop beating the deputy…after noncompliance from the suspect, the passerby shot the suspect three times," sources said.
The exit to Corkscrew Road was completely blocked off and traffic was backed up for miles on southbound I-75 this morning. FHP officials say the ramp is expected to be closed until 9pm.
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Proof of why the 2nd Amendment is necessary and why it’s going to take good citizens to help restore order with all of the ferals, Muzzies, and Soros’ little army trying to create chaos and anarchy. We vastly outnumber them. Its time they learn that we’re not going to tolerate their BS anymore.
Time to present the citizen with a medal.
Totally agree. This concealed-carry hero deserves high honors! Good shot.
BLUE LIVES MATTER!
The criminal must have been giving the Deputy the classic “beat down” straddled across his chest and beating down his head with his fists.
That’s what I’d see as a lower risk shot(s) to hit only the criminal. Heck, maybe he got a headshot or two in.....
Now he can bake them cookies forever......won’t even need no oven......
Read 1 witness said the cop was yelling “shoot him shoot him”.
Sounds good to me
Yes Sir.....damn good shoot then....good thing it was three times, too. No perp to be wheeled into court and all that.
One more good reason for national reciprocity for all concealed weapon permit holders. It sounds like Trump is for it so maybe soon...
Like I’ve said many times, Careful of what you do here in Florida as it is a CCW state and we are fed up with crappola.
Good work.
Wait-wait—were he be gwine’t Kollege, how many baby mamas be sayin, but he be a good boy? Sorta makes an old Apopka boy proud all the crackers haven’t migrated.
I ran across this recently.
Warning, they show a clip of the perp in court, still bandaged up. Not pretty. She did some permanent damage.
But good for her. It’s a shame about her getting raped anyway though.
Police: Woman Raped, Shot Attacker in Face - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AJ5goKIM9o
Three taxpayer relief bullets saved us lots of time and money.
I guess he didn't. Too bad, so sad.
Ah...he was turning his life around.
I loved the line about Leeway.
I can only imagine the traffic stop.
“license and Registration?”
“Here you go sir. Have a great day and thanks again.”
Almost like the one where I was with my daughter. Officer lights her up, comes to the car and asks how she likes driving. Daughter punches cop in the gut and we all laugh.
Yep, good dad that I am, I set her up to be pulled over the day she gets her permit.
I’d tell the victim to aim a little farther to the right if it happens again.
I’ll bet she wishes she had, but he’s got to deal with what she did to him for the rest of his life and when people ask him what happened, he has to either tell them or lie.
It will haunt him forever.
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