Sheriff: Man who fled traffic stop shoots officer in Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A person who sped away from a visitors cease in Florida final week shot and critically wounded a sheriff’s officer earlier than killing himself following a standoff at his residence, officers stated.

The taking pictures early Sunday morning left Officer Malik Daricaud, 25, in “tenuous situation” and “combating for his life,” Jacksonville Sheriff T.Ok. Waters stated throughout a information convention.

When nobody answered the door at Tyliko Maduro’s residence, the officers contacted the 32-year-old man’s mom, Waters stated, describing the physique cam footage. She agreed to return over, and approached the entrance door with one officer, whereas one other was stationed across the nook of the home and Daricaud stayed a number of toes again.

She knocked a few instances and yelled, “hi there,” earlier than unlocking and pushing open the door. A canine got here out the door and a volley of photographs rang out.

Daricaud fell backwards and collapsed onto the bottom, Waters stated.

The opposite officers and Maduro’s mom weren’t injured, the Florida Instances-Union reported.

The sheriff stated Maduro was armed with a semiautomatic rifle.

No photographs have been fired by the officers, he stated.

Maduro had been stopped on March 19 for working a pink mild and fled from officers. They didn’t pursue him as a result of he was solely stopped for the visitors offense, the sheriff stated.

The officers went to the house on Sunday to observe up.

“I consider all they have been going to do was ask some questions. They weren’t going to kick his door down. There was no possible trigger for that,” Waters stated.

Neither officer had their weapons drawn, however the different officer had his Taser out as a precaution, the sheriff stated.

A SWAT workforce got here to the house and residents have been requested to shelter in place for a lot of the morning.

Maduro didn’t have any convictions on his file or every other indications of potential violence, Waters stated.

“It’s exhausting to elucidate what’s in somebody’s thoughts once they do one thing like that,” Waters stated.

Waters stated he went to the hospital and was capable of communicate with Daricaud, who’s married and has younger kids.

“After I was there this morning he was in plenty of ache … the way in which it was defined to us, he was nonetheless in a very tenuous state of affairs and we’re simply hoping he makes a full restoration,” Waters stated.