A search is underway for a suspect after a Florida sheriff's deputy was shot a number of instances within the line of responsibility on Tuesday evening.
The deputy, with the Taylor County Sheriff's Workplace, was shot greater than as soon as throughout an encounter about six miles south of Salem, a Florida Freeway Patrol spokesperson instructed WCJB.
The deputy, who was not named, was air-lifted to hospital with life-threatening accidents, the spokesperson mentioned.
The Florida Division of Legislation Enforcement issued a Florida Blue Alert for the suspect, Gregory Ryan Miedema, at round 11.30 p.m. native time.
Miedema, 33, was final seen on U.S. 19 close to Deer Run Street, which is about 25 miles south of Perry.
Correction: the person's title is Gregory Ryan Miedema, as acknowledged on the flyer. Our apologies for the typo on our earlier publish.
— FDLE (@fdlepio) February 23, 2022
The alert described Miedema as a white man who's 5 toes 8 inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He was final seen carrying a dark-colored tank high.
It additionally mentioned that he could also be touring in a 2000 mannequin gold Chrysler Sebring, with Florida tag quantity Y78TKU.
Members of the general public are urged to not strategy Miedema, however to name 911.
The Florida Blue Alert is designed to inform the general public of crucial data when a legislation enforcement officer has been killed, critically injured, or is lacking whereas within the line of responsibility and the suspect, thought to pose an imminent risk to the general public, stays at massive.
The incident comes amid a spike in violent crime throughout the nation that has included assaults on legislation enforcement officers.
Sixty-three officers have been shot within the U.S. to date in 2022, in accordance to the Gun Violence Archive, together with six who've died.
Authorities mentioned two sheriff's deputies had been shot and injured in Texas final week by a suspect who was out on bond.
In that incident, the deputies had responded to a report of photographs being fired inside a house in Katy. When the deputies arrived, a 43-year-old suspect shot at them they usually returned hearth.
Each deputies had been taken to hospital with accidents that weren't life-threatening after being struck within the leg. One deputy was additionally grazed by a bullet to the pinnacle and left ear. The suspect was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
And earlier this month, two deputies had been wounded in a capturing whereas responding to a neighborhood dispute in Bellingham, Washington.
The deputies had arrived on the scene on February 10 and tried to talk with a person carrying a shotgun. Nonetheless, each deputies had been shot through the encounter. The suspect later surrendered and was taken into custody.
Anybody with details about Miedema's whereabouts is requested to contact the Florida Division of Legislation Enforcement or the Taylor County Sheriff's Workplace at 850-584-2429.
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