NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 24, 2005
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
OFFICER
INVOLVED SHOOTING OCCURS IN FLOROSA
An Okaloosa County Deputy was involved in firing his weapon Thanksgiving evening
during an incident outside a Florosa business. The deputy says a man
driving a van tried to run over him in a parking lot outside the Subway
restaurant on Highway 98 around 7:30. The deputy suffered mild abrasions.
Investigators are looking for a black male, about 5'10", and weighing
approximately 275 pounds. He was last seen driving west on Highway 98 in a Ford
Aerostar van.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate.
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