Continued Coverage of Police shooting in Crystal River

March 23, 2009 County News, Site Updates 2 Comments

The Citrus County Network is continuing coverage of the shooting of the suspect in Crystal River this morning.

The Sheriff’s Office still has not released the man’s name as they are still waiting for the next of kin notification. We will bring you more information as it comes in.

A Citrus County spokeswoman released the following statement

Here’s what we’ve got in terms of contact with the suspect prior to the shooting.  We received a call at 9:57 p.m. on Sunday from 1030 SE Hwy 19 in Crystal River regarding a man claiming he missed his bus and who wouldn’t leave the premises.  He was allegedly harassing customers outside of the Race Trac gas station.
We received a second call at around 10:31 p.m. from SE Hwy 19 and SE King’s Bay Dr. in Crystal River regarding a vehicle crash with injuries.  Allegedly, the suspect spoke to deputies at some point at the incident location.
During both incidents, the suspect did not appear to be a danger to himself or others.
Also K9 Officer Mito is reported to be recovering fine after being stabbed by the suspect. Sheriff’s deputies sent Mito to control the subject before he pulled a knife and stabbed Mito.
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Citrus County Deputies fatally shoot man.

March 23, 2009 County News No Comments

A man who was wandering into traffic was fatally shot by Citrus County Sheriff’s Deputies this morning. After being asked to get out of the road deputies sent their K9 Mito to convince him to. The man then stabbed Mito and charged at the officers. That is when he was fatally shot.

The details are still coming in but you can follow the story on our main Citrus County News pages

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