One deputy was killed and another was injured Friday morning in a shooting in Indian River County. A third person was shot and the suspect also suffered a gunshot wound, Sheriff Eric Flowers said.
Update at 13:00:
Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers released the following details at a press conference at noon Friday:
A woman was evicting her son from her home at Bermuda Club, a gated community near Vero Beach.
There were three sheriff's deputies and a locksmith in the entrance of the house.
The homeowner's son, Michael Halberstam, 33, who was facing eviction, went and got a gun from another part of the house, Flowers said.
Halberstam opened fire on two sheriff's deputies as well as a locksmith, the sheriff said.
The shooting victims included:
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Deputy Terry Mashkow, 47 years old: Late . She worked for the IRC Sheriff's Office for 25 years, starting as a dispatcher.
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Deputy Tino Arizpe: Shot in the shoulder; after the shot he ran into the garage, but will survive
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Locksmith (name withheld): Was also shot; According to the latest data, he was in the surgical department and was in critical condition.
Flowers said a third deputy at the scene was not injured by gunfire. He shot at the suspect, wounding him.
According to the latest information, Halberstam was in the surgical department and was in critical condition.
Flowers said the suspect's criminal history includes a 2006 drug possession charge and a 2015 assault (misdemeanor) charge, both of which occurred in Virginia.
The sheriff said there have been seven calls to the home on Governors Way in the past month, nearly all of them from the suspect's mother.
Flowers also said the suspect was fired from his job at UPS and had also posted negative comments about the Indian River Sheriff's Office on social media.
Flowers said investigators are also looking into whether Mashkov's shot struck the suspect. He added that Friday's shooting was only the second line-of-duty death at the Indian River Sheriff's Office in the last 100 years.
Original story:
A deputy was shot and killed in Indian River County, the mayor of Vero Beach said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said at an unrelated news conference in Crystal River that two other law enforcement officers were injured in the shooting Friday morning.
Channel 9 has learned it happened at the Bermuda Club, a gated community off Highway A1A near Vero Beach.
Indian River County deputies were reportedly attempting to serve an eviction notice at the residence.
Sheriff Wayne Ivey told Channel 9 several Brevard County deputies were on their way to help.
WFTV's Melonie Holt is also on the trail for this breaking story.
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