Police were searching for a man who shot two Polk County sheriff's deputies and a police dog following a traffic stop Thursday, authorities said. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said one of the deputies died. The deputies were taken to a hospital after the noontime shooting in north Lakeland, Judd said. The condition of the other deputy was not immediately known. The shooter was first approached in a traffic stop, but he then fled into a wooded area, Judd said. Shots were fired, and the two deputies and a police dog were hit, he said. The shooting occurred near Kathleen...
