

His weapon had apparently jammed, so he used the butt of the rifle to bash one deputy in the skull repeatedly. One deputy was shot in the leg.Īs they duck down, they don't see the gunman run around behind their patrol vehicle and sneak up on them. Two deputies Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman were attacked by career criminal. He suddenly jumps out of the back seat with a rifle and opens fire repeatedly, as they scramble for cover and attempt to return fire. Brevard County Shooting Today Man killed, another wounded in Trenton shooting.

30 near Melbourne, about 70 miles southeast of Orlando, when they were ambushed and shot at, according to Sheriff Wayne Ivey, who released a video documenting the incident. The second victim in the shooting has been upgraded to stable condition. Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman, deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, were conducting a traffic check on Aug. The decedent is identified as 18-year-old, Rondell Brown of Melbourne.

The incident started as what seemed like a routine traffic stop of a car that had three adults and a 2-month-old infant inside.Īs deputies are making small talk with two of the passengers, they ask a third to exit the vehicle. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is identifying the male who was shot and killed in unincorporated Melbourne Beach, on Saturday, March 11, 2023. 30 in Melbourne, Fla., about 110 kilometres southeast of Orlando, when they were ambushed. A sheriff's department in Florida has released dramatic video of a traffic stop that turned into a deadly shootout with a man described as a "violent career criminal." Brevard County Sheriff’s deputies Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman were conducting a traffic stop on Aug. A Florida man with a lengthy record was killed in a shootout after he opened fire on sheriff's deputies and bashed one of them in the skull.
