Deputies Shoot, Kill Gator-Bitten Suspect

May 27, 2025

A man is dead after a bizarre encounter with Florida deputies on Monday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says Timothy Schultz swam across a lake--where he appears to have been bitten by an alligator--before charging at deputies with garden shears. Deputies tased him twice, but he still managed to climb into a running patrol car and tried to grab a deputy's gun. That's when officers opened fire and Schultz died at the scene. Judd says Schultz had a long history of meth-related arrests and was just released from jail last week. No deputies were hurt.

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