Posted on 08/13/2016 1:45:23 AM PDT by packrat01
The Polk County sheriff says they fired 110 times at the man who `executed' a deputy.
October 1, 2006|By Gary Taylor and Kelly Griffith, Sentinel Staff Writers
Face to face with an armed man suspected of killing a Polk County deputy sheriff, SWAT officers riddled his body with 68 bullets.
Altogether, nine officers fired 110 times Friday at Angilo Freeland, who Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said "executed" one of his deputies.
"That's all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more," Judd said after autopsy results were released Saturday.
The slain deputy, Matt Williams, 39, was shot eight times Thursday when he encountered the killer who had fled into nearby woods after a routine traffic stop.
One bullet was fired at close range behind the deputy's right ear and another was fired near his right temple, with the muzzle of the gun pressing against his skin, the autopsy showed.
"I am confident that he was ambushed and he was executed," Judd said.
Freeland, 27, was driving a rental car when he was pulled over. Deputy Doug Speirs asked for his drivers license but was handed a fake ID.
Several shots were fired at Speirs as he ran after Freeland, and one bullet struck the deputy's leg, authorities said.
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