A man is dead after he was shot to death by Polk County deputies Monday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, was acting erratic when he charged at deputies while holding a ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A man is dead after he was shot to death by Polk County deputies Monday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, was acting erratic when he charged at ...

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A large alligator forced the closure of Juniper Springs waterway in Ocala weeks after a deadly attack elsewhere in Central Florida.

Police in Florida shot and killed a man after he allegedly charged ... Judd said witnesses saw Schulz swimming in an alligator-filled lake. One person attempted to throw Schulz a life vest and ...

Before Monday's fatal event, Timothy Schultz was arrested in April and had been released from jail less than a week ago, according to local law enforcement.

(WFLA) — A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by deputies in Polk County, Florida ... s office to report a man swimming in an alligator-infested lake. A witness tried to throw ...

A man had been spotted in alligator-infested waters in central Florida. Despite being bitten, he refused the offer of a life preserver and managed to swim across the whole of the lake, where his ...