{"id":40565,"date":"2023-12-31T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T20:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=40565"},"modified":"2024-01-02T13:35:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:35:04","slug":"grady-judd-deputies-shot-the-20-year-old-in-the-back-in-2018-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/12\/31\/grady-judd-deputies-shot-the-20-year-old-in-the-back-in-2018-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Grady Judd deputies shot the 20\u2013year\u2013old in the back in 2018, why?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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ME states HOMICIDE on the report \u2026\u2026. Judd said, “justifiable” \u2026\u2026 We call it a cover-up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Homicide the killing of one person by another —- Justifiable and able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cover-up is an attempt to prevent people from discovering the truth about a serious mistake or crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 20-year-old Winter Haven man who had been brought into custody under the Baker Act several times during the past year (2018) was shot and killed by two Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies during a so-called standoff. (March 20, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Chance Haegele, of 138 Jay Drive, was about 10 feet from deputies when he pointed an unloaded 12-gauge shotgun at them at about 11:30 p.m. in a mobile home park at 96 Laura Lane off Thornhill Road. The deputies fired 17 times from their Glock handguns \u2014 hitting Haegele nine times, including 3 shots in the back that killed them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eyewitness report ……<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ME states four of the shots were shot downward \u2013 This means he was already below the angle of the gun or he was on the ground<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Deputies Reginald Green and Joseph Hicks attempted CPR, but could not save Haegele. (We wonder why) Haegele died from a gunshot wound to the chest area that entered his body from his back, District 10 Medical Examiner Stephen Nelson said.<\/p>\n\n\n \n

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