LAKELAND, Fla.-
A man suspected of shooting a Polk County sheriff’s deputy to death was killed Friday, officials said.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said SWAT team members shot the man numerous times after finding him in thick brush, a day after Deputy Vernon Matthew Williams was killed in a burst of gunfire. The suspect refused to show both of his hands when officers commanded him to, Judd said.
The suspect appeared to have the .45-caliber weapon that belonged to Williams, Judd said. He still did not know the man’s name.
Judd said he saw the man’s body in the brush and matched it to the photo of the suspect that had been released Thursday.
“I trust God to be the judge and jury better than anyone on earth,” Judd said.
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