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Lt. John Herrell said an incident occurred between parties who were boating and jet skiing around 4:30 p.m. near Midway Marina in Astor.

Gwendolyn Granade called the sheriffs office on Sunday.  “I saw a man holding a rifle or a shotgun," Granade told Daily Commercial this week. "He had a look on his face. I can’t describe it.” She said she saw Sayre holding the weapon up in the air, then watched him climb a fence onto an adjoining wooded property. She then heard him shout: “Help.” Granade said she heard a deputy shout, “Show me your hands,” and then heard a single shot. From the video, it appears Sayre was shot ...

The report also reveals the name of the deputy who shot Daniel P. Sayre —  Deputy Brian Schneider. But it raises more questions, too. Several hours of body camera footage were released to the Daily Commercial and other news outlets Friday. The videos were slow to download and difficult to examine. In the end, however, no weapon could be seen in the hands of Sayre, though witnesses have said they saw him with a gun.  Meanwhile, the report brings into light what witnesses saw on May 2 in ...

DELAND — Gwendolyn Granade knew that something was wrong Sunday afternoon when she heard her two horses running around in the pasture, frightened about something. “I saw a man holding a rifle or a shotgun," she told the Daily Commercial. "He had a look on his face. I can’t describe it.” After holding the weapon up in the air, he climbed a fence and went onto adjoining wooded property. Granade then heard him shout: “Help!” She called the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. “He’s at ...

‘Armed trespasser’ shot by Lake County deputy in DeLand Orlando Sentinel 2 hrs ago Lisa Maria Garza, Orlando Sentinel A Lake County deputy shot a 49-year-old man Sunday afternoon in unincorporated DeLand. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Lt. John Herrell said deputies arrived around 1:15 p.m. to a horse pasture on Cooter Pond Road, in east Lake County, after reports of an “armed trespasser.” Deputies followed the unidentified man as he ran into a nearby wooded area “a...

Officials: Trespasser on pasture shot in encounter with deputies © Provided by Hearst Television, Inc. Lake County Sheriffs Office A man who was allegedly armed and trespassing on a horse pasture in DeLand was shot during an encounter with deputies Sunday, according to the Lake County Sheriffs Office. Officials say the Sheriffs Office received several 911 calls about a trespasser off Cooter Pond Road, a part of DeLand thats within Lake County, just after 1 p.m.Sign up for our Newsletters De...

Deputies began arriving at 1:15 p.m. When the first deputy arrived, the man fled on foot into a wooded area. “Deputies searched the wooded area for the suspect and ultimately encountered him, at which time he was shot,” a sheriff’s press release stated on Sunday. According to that initial report, the man sustained non-life-threatening injuries. He was airlifted to Central Florida Regional Medical Center in Sanford. It was unclear Monday morning what his status was. His name has not been...

Lake County Sheriffs Department After initially telling detectives that he acted in self-defense in the death of his 77-year-old grandfather, a 30-year-old Florida man pulled out two human ears from his pocket and later confessed to the gruesome murder, authorities said. Kolby Parker at first told deputies that he was attacked by his grandfather Ronal Wells, Sr. inside the home they shared at 44721Lake Mack Drive in DeLand on Saturday night, according to Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt...

A Florida man reportedly pulled out severed human ears from his pocket while being questioned on his grandfathers killing. Kolby Parker of DeLand initially told deputies that he was attacked by his grandfather Ronal Wells, Sr., while they are inside the home they shared, Sheriffs Office spokesman Lt. John Herrell said, according to an Orlando Sentinel report. Parker, 30, claimed that the two fought after smoking marijuana together. The suspect said that Wells attacked him with a knife. He furt...

Keshia Rytter, an East Ridge Middle School officer, was arrested after an argument that began when she called her boyfriend’s children’s hairstyle “ghetto,” according to the arrest report. She was suspended for five days without pay as a result of the incident and will return to work in Lake County schools next week.