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Suspect wielding knife fatally shot by deputies in Lake Worth

The incident occurred in Lake Worth.

Suspect wielding knife fatally shot by deputies in Lake Worth

The incident occurred in Lake Worth.

JUST RELEASED. -- THE BREAKING DETAILS JU RELEASED. ANA: ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF, THE SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A CARJACKING IN BROWARD COUNTY BEFORE PEOPLE -- POLICE LOCATED HIM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SHERIFF SAID A SUSPECT CARJACKED AN UBE DRIVER AND STABBED HIM IN BROWARD COUNTY. THE SUSPECT WAS A MAN IN HIS 20’S. DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE VEHICLE AND STOP HIM NEAR MEADE DRIVE. >> AFTER THEY DID THE TRAFFIC STOP, THE INDIVIDUAL GOT OUT OF THE CAR, BRANDISHING A KNIFE, AND WAS PACING BACK AND FORT THE DEPUTIES TRIED TO PUT SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND HIM AND TALK TO HIM, TRY TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION, BUT IT DIDN’T DE-ESCALATE. IN FACT, IT RAPIDLY MOVED TO THE POINT WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL CAME TOWARDS THE DEPUTIES AT WHI TIME THEY HAD TO FIRE THEIR WEAPONS. ANA: THE SHERIFF SAYS AN INDEPENDENT WITNESS GOT VIDEO AND THERE ARE TWO ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT. TWO DEPUTIES ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT.
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Suspect wielding knife fatally shot by deputies in Lake Worth

The incident occurred in Lake Worth.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw held a press conference on a deputy-involved shooting.The incident occurred Tuesday evening on Silver Maple Drive and Meed Drive.According to the sheriff's office, a man in his twenties carjacked an Uber driver and stabbed him in Broward County.Palm Beach County deputies located the vehicle near Meed Drive where they performed a traffic stop.Sheriff Bradshaw says deputies tried to deescalate the situation as the suspect paced back and forth with a knife. Deputies fired their weapons when the suspect came towards them.The suspect died.The two deputies involved in the incident have been placed on administrative leave. According to Sheriff Bradshaw, an independent witness captured the incident on a cellphone and they also have dashcam video from the deputies vehicles. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida State's attorney's office are involved in the investigation. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw held a press conference on a deputy-involved shooting.

The incident occurred Tuesday evening on Silver Maple Drive and Meed Drive.

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According to the sheriff's office, a man in his twenties carjacked an Uber driver and stabbed him in Broward County.

Palm Beach County deputies located the vehicle near Meed Drive where they performed a traffic stop.

Sheriff Bradshaw says deputies tried to deescalate the situation as the suspect paced back and forth with a knife. Deputies fired their weapons when the suspect came towards them.

The suspect died.

The two deputies involved in the incident have been placed on administrative leave.

According to Sheriff Bradshaw, an independent witness captured the incident on a cellphone and they also have dashcam video from the deputies vehicles.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Florida State's attorney's office are involved in the investigation.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.