Child Runaways Broke Into A Home, Found An AK-47, And Opened Fire On Police In Florida
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This is a particularly upsetting story.
A 14-year-old girl was shot by police on Tuesday after she and a 12-year-old boy, both runaways from a local group home, opened fire on law enforcement. The two foster children ran from
Florida United Methodist Children’s Home and broke into a house in Volusia County, where they found “an AK-47, a pump shotgun, a handgun, and 200 rounds of ammunition,” according to
Sheriffs from three Central Florida counties are with other law enforcement officers on a fact-finding trip to the U.S.-Mexico border organized by Florida Congresswoman Kat Cammack. WESH 2 s Claire Metz spoke with Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly and Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood via Zoom along the Rio Grande. They re bringing across weapons, they re bringing across drugs, they re smuggling human beings, Sheriff Chitwood said.Related: Gov. DeSantis commits local law enforcement to the southern borderSheriff Mike Chitwood says a three-day trip to Texas and the border has been a migrant crisis crash course, one he felt obligated to take because he foresees his and other agencies being called on to bolster Border Patrol. It s a matter of time before we start sending deputy sheriffs from around the state of Florida down here. I think it s important, as a leader, to come down and see what my men and women are going to get into, Sheriff Chitwood said.Flagler County Sheriff R
Marion County Commissioner Kathy Bryant said she thinks it s an incredible opportunity for Woods. Bryant said Woods would be able to bring valuable insight to the community on what s happening at the border. She wishes she could be part of the delegation.
Marion Commission Chairman Jeff Gold said Woods budget presentation day was changed to allow for the trip. Gold said if Woods feels it s important to go to the border, then that s fine.
However, the commissioner said, we ve got problems here locally. Gold said that the Marion County Sheriff s Office is short on deputies for patrol and detention deputies for the Marion County Jail.
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Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods is expected to be among the law enforcement officials joining U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Gainesville) on a trip to the U.S./Mexican border this week to learn more about the border crisis.
Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken is also going on the journey, he said on Tuesday.
Adeline Sandridge, communications director for Cammack s office, confirmed Tuesday afternoon that Woods and Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood were two of the four people making the flight to Texas. Sandridge said she s waiting on word from some others. No one from Alachua County is scheduled to make the trip.