{"id":17609,"date":"2021-11-28T12:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T17:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=17609"},"modified":"2021-11-28T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T20:55:10","slug":"man-pulling-gun-on-2-lakeland-pd-officers-they-shot-and-killed-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/11\/28\/man-pulling-gun-on-2-lakeland-pd-officers-they-shot-and-killed-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Pulling Gun on 2 Lakeland PD officers they shot and killed him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Lakeland police officers shot and killed a man early Sunday morning on Interstate-4 after he allegedly pulled a gun on them from his vehicle, a Lakeland Police Department news release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fatal20shooting-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fatal20shooting-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fatal20shooting-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fatal20shooting-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fatal20shooting.jpg 1280w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers received a call from a state agency that monitors interstate traffic cameras about a vehicle parked in a construction zone enclosed by concrete barriers near the Kathleen Road exit just before 2:15 a.m., according to investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detectives said two deputies saw a man sitting inside a vehicle, and they walked over tapping on the window to speak with the driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At some point, the man retrieved a handgun and pointed it toward one of the officers,&#8221; the news release reported. &#8220;In fear of their safety, officers returned fire, shooting the driver.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLakelandPD%2Fvideos%2F593464608627793%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Police Chief Ruben Garcia said it is unknown at this point in the investigation how many rounds were fired by Officer Tammy Hathcock, a 15-year veteran, and Officer Garrett Zeigler, a 9-year veteran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 61-year-old man was pronounced dead at the shooting location. No officers were injured. Lanes of I-4 were closed during the early morning investigation but since have been reopened, according to Garcia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"426\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 240 \/ 426;\" width=\"240\" controls src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/260552700_1370463820035421_1461312935862101524_n.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>I 4 shut down eastbound must exit at Kathleen video by Timothy W. Hawkins Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standard protocol for all officer-involved shootings will include four independent investigations. The LPD Violent Crimes unit is conducting the death investigation. LPD&#8217;s Office of Professional Standards is conducting an administrative review. The State Attorney&#8217;s Office responded to the scene and will conduct an investigation, and the 10th District Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office will conduct an investigation. Per agency protocol, the officers involved will be on administrative leave with pay during the initial phase of the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/trafficalert?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZUHqUr8rB4tNgf_YJpM1cVS6Iid0iqMwYipclNaRtJ5W12KpWBK-pvmXKurGSTbcandvP7BumnWLmUFwdkTAZ3w9j9xd2yGArc-249g2o0LgXVQVQXyaKh6CixhJ7B62UHEXBBj-mW8_znUtzuRE-JsZwCO4sLHbzvjeKhxQwORcs_BSN-h24gjeQlONZJuMQA&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#TrafficAlert<\/a> &#8211; I4 near Exit 31\/Kathleen Road Closed due to Officer-Involved Shooting. Westbound of I4 will be closed for an extended period for investigation; eastbound traffic is being diverted onto Kathleen Rd. All responding officers are safe. Please seek alternative routes when traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/261446973_136331508784035_1586770374087909796_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/261446973_136331508784035_1586770374087909796_n.jpg 526w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/261446973_136331508784035_1586770374087909796_n-234x300.jpg 234w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Lakeland police officers shot and killed a man early Sunday morning on Interstate-4 after he allegedly pulled a gun on them from his vehicle, a Lakeland Police Department news&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[1827],"class_list":["post-17609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-man-pulling-gun-on-2-lakeland-pd-officers-they-shot-and-killed-him"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}