Sheriff Deryl Loar praises his brave deputies after a "coward" suspect carjacks a woman, shoots a couple and then takes his own life.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTYDEPUTIES--WHO WERE UNHURT.WPTV TREASURE COAST REPORTERMEGHAN MCROBERTS SHARES WHATWESHOOTERHISTORY AND THE MESSAGE THESHERIFF HAS FOR THE COMMUNIT<< DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWS THEMOMENT DEPUTIES SAY RONNIESPRADLINTO AN END.
INVESTIGATORS SAYTHE 88-TIME CONVICTED FELONTRYING TO ESCAPE IN A STOLENCAR-- HITS A DEAD END& POINTSHIS GUN OUT THE WINDOW& ANDFIRES AT A DEPUTY& WHO RETURNSFIRE SHOOTING SPRADLIN THRTIMES.“BUT THEN YOU SEE THECOWARD LEAN OVER TO THE RIGHAND THE VIDEO CLEARLY WILLSHOW YOU THE COWARD TAKES HISOWN LIFE” THIS ALL STARTEDTUESDAY NIGHT WHEN DEPUTIESWERE CALLED TO A VERO BEACHWALMART FOR A SHOPLIFTINGCOMPLAINT& INVESTIGATORS SAYSPRADLIN WAS TRYING TO STEAL ASWIMSUIT& AND BECAME COMBATIVEWITH DEPUTIES TRYING TO ARRESTHIM.
THEY SAY A DEPUTY PULLEDOUT A TASERPULLED OUT A GUN.“WITHIN 4FEET OF OUR BRAVE DEPUTY,FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS AT OURDEPUTY.
THANK GOD HE MISSEDTHE DEPUTY” SHERIFF DERYLLOAR SAYS SPRADLIN THEN SHOTINTO A CAR, INJURING A COUPLWHEN THEY WOULDNSTEAL THE CAR WITH THEIR YOUNGKIDS IN THE BACK SEAT.
DASHCAM SHOWS THEM DRIVING AWAYFOR SAFETY& WITH A BULLET HOTHROUGH THEIR WINDOW& BEFOREFLAGGING DOWN ANOTHER DEPUTYFOR HELP.
BUT IT DOESNTHERE,.“THEN THE COWARDDOESNTO CARJACK HIM.
HE GOES TO ASINGLE LADY, CARJACKS HER.
SHECOMPLIES, HE GETS THE CAR”PROMPTING A CORPORAL TO GETBEHIND HIM& AND FINALLY BRINGHIS CRIMINAL ACTS TO AN ENOUTSIDE OF AN AUTOZONE.“WECOULD BE PLANNING FUNERALSTODAY.
THIS IS ABSOLUTEREALITY” LOAR PRAISING HISDEPUTIES FOR LIKELY SPARINGMORE PEOPLE FROM BEING HURT ORWORSE.“3 OF THE BRAVESTDEPUTIES IITRIVER COUNTY” BUT SENDING ASTRONG MESSAGE TO THECOMMUNITY THAT THIS OUTCOMEWAS ONLY THE RESULT OF MANYRESOURCES, PRACTICE ANDTRAINING&“THIS IS A VIOLENTVIOLENT TIME”“IF I HEAANYTHING ABOUT DEFUNDINGDONTHREE DEPUTIES WHO WERE SHOTAT OR OPENED FIRE ARE ON PAILEAVE AS STANDARD PROCEDURE.SPRADLIN WAS ALSO WANTED ON ABURGLARY WARRANT OUT OVIRGINIA.GEORGE FLOYD'S BROTHER
This dashboard camera video shows the final encounter between a gunman and a suspect. WPTV has chosen to stop the video just before..