Posted on 01/30/2007 11:44:47 PM PST by varina davis
Sheriff's wife, deputy among 4 dead in shooting outside sheriff's house in Florida
By MELISSA NELSON (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press January 31, 2007 1:53 AM EST
MARIANNA, Fla. - The wife of a rural sheriff, a deputy and two suspects were killed Tuesday evening in shootings outside the sheriff's home.
The violence began when Mellie McDaniel, wife of the Jackson County Sheriff, arrived home, State Attorney Steve Meadows said.
After pulling into her driveway, the two suspects shot and killed the sheriff's wife, authorities said. A deputy responding to McDaniel's call was shot and killed moments later.
Deputies and other officers - including the sheriff, John McDaniel - arrived and killed the two suspects in an exchange of gunfire, Meadows said. The names of the deputy and the two suspects were not released.
More than 100 law officers searched the area surrounding the McDaniels' home late into the night Tuesday, but Meadows said authorities did not believe there were additional suspects. He said the search was being conducted out of an abundance of caution.
"The community should not be concerned. We believe this was not a random case," Meadows said. He would not discuss a potential motive for the shooting.
This was not the first time the sheriff has experienced personal, violent tragedy. His father was gunned down while working at a gas station in 1980. Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas later confessed to the slaying.
Marianna is in the Florida Panhandle, northwest of Tallahassee.
Beautiful area, fine people, but the urban filth keeps spreading out.
Mu guess would be that the sherif found a clever way to off his wife...
Uhhh... Eh?
You think the sheriff had two suspects shoot his wife, then let others kill the shooters, to get rid of his wife tidily?
Lard.
Not likely. I'm betting Tallahassee dopers.
"The community should not be concerned. We believe this was not a random case,"
Not much coverage here. I'm waiting for the paper.
bttt
Sounds more like the scum wanted the sherif gone.
The depths that some people here will go to just to attack cops is sickening. I would expect to find that type of attitude at DU, not here.
This is near the area where the two scum killed the brittish tourists a few years ago. Some very poor folks with no hope and poor education. Some have and some want and just decide to take.
Not sure how you figue that. It looks like a personal vendetta against the sheriff to me.
That was the first thing to cross my mind. Wife dead, the guys he hired dead... no witnesses to tie him to the crime.
My brother-in-law is a deputy over there. He says everybody is pretty sure where this came from and it is not a simple burglary. The perps followed Mrs. Mc Daniel into the drive which is outside of town and long and she called 9-1-1 on her cell then. The perps were inside the house when the deputy arrived and shot him from the house. The other deputies arrived immediately and shot the perps coming out of the house. At first they thought a third one ran into the woods, now they are not so sure.
I don't think the poster was attacking cops at all. It is a well known fact that the HUSBAND is always the first suspect, whether he's a cop, a pastor, a doctor, etc.
That goes without saying. The bad guys killed the wife but continued to stay at the house until the deputy arrived. Seems they were looking for something and weren't going to leave until they found it. Drugs?
My guess is that this has nothing to do with "urban filth," and everything to do with "redneck revenge."
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