Authorities say a Florida sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a domestic violence suspect who came at his partner with a large knife.
(FOX)- The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies Tyler Green and Brennen Wede went to an apartment complex for disabled veterans Wednesday night after a woman complained that her boyfriend, William Beavers, was drunk and violent.
Green and Wede went to the couple’s apartment.
The sheriff’s office says in a news release that after the deputies knocked on the door several times, Beavers came out with a knife held over his shoulder and directed at Wede.
Authorities say Green told Beavers to drop the knife several times then shot him when he refused. Beavers Died on scene.