Update: Sheriff Grady Judd gave a video update to the deputy-involved shooting that occurred around 9:30 pm on Friday, July 12, 2024, in the Oakwood Estates neighborhood off Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven.
The suspect, 19-year-old Henry Maynard, is deceased and the deputy who was involved was treated at the hospital for injuries he received after being attacked by the suspect. The Officer Involved Deadly Incident Task Force for the 10th Judicial Circuit is investigating.
The suspect had a previous arrest for aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer.
Deputy Sheriff Christian Quattlebaum is 26 years old and has been with PCSO for 4.5 years. He’s assigned to the Central District Delta platoon.
We do not anticipate any further updates to this investigation this weekend.
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A Polk County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who hit his grandmother with a vehicle and then rammed the deputy’s car Friday night, authorities say.
The Sheriff’s Office said in an early morning news release that the incident happened about 9:30 p.m. in the Oakwood Estates mobile home community off Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven, south of State Road 540. Sheriff Grady Judd, in a brief statement on the department’s Facebook page, said a man had come to the neighborhood to visit his grandmother and an argument or disturbance occurred.
“He hit her with the vehicle, knocking her to the ground,” Judd said. The woman was taken to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center as an emergency case.
“He then fled and drove directly at and T-boned one of my deputies, who was in the process of turning around in the roadway looking for the victim’s address and the suspect who he knew was in the area.”
Judd said the suspect rammed the deputy’s car “extremely hard,” then jumped out, there was a confrontation, and the deputy shot the suspect. The man died at the scene.
Judd said the Sheriff’s Office would release more details later Saturday, “after our shooting team does their preliminary workup.” He said names would be released after they’re confirmed and next of kin are notified.
As of 1:30 p.m., the deputy was being treated for injuries at the hospital.