Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd explained to reporters why his deputies shot and killed an armed suspect who charged deputies with a pair of garden shears.

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A Florida man was bitten by an alligator before he was shot and killed by deputies on Memorial Day, according to the sheriff’s office.

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A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by deputies in Polk County, Florida, minutes after surviving an apparent alligator attack.

Deputies fatally shot a Florida man who survived an apparent gator attack after he tried to take the officers' gun, the Polk ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies shot Timothy Shultz, 42, after he was attacked by a gator, assaulted a deputy with garden shears, broke into a patrol car, and attempted to steal a gun.