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Posted: April 20th, 2018, 12:38 amTwo Gilchrist County sheriff’s deputies were shot through the window of a Chinese restaurant in downtown Trenton Thursday afternoon by an older man who was soon found dead in a car just outside the restaurant.
Investigators pieced together evidence Thursday evening but could share few answers about what may have prompted the 3 p.m. shootings.
State Attorney Bill Cervone called the act “inexplicable.”
“It appears he just walked up and shot them, then went to his car and shot himself. It’s inexplicable ... people will want to know why and we may never have an answer for them.”
In an emotional news conference Thursday evening, Gilchrist County Sheriff Bobby Schultz spoke about the sergeant and deputy sheriff who were killed, calling the shooter a “coward” and suggesting that the demonization of law enforcement may have been partly to blame.
Schultz spent much of his time with the media describing Sgt. Noel Ramirez, a seven-year law enforcement veteran who had worked for other area departments before joining Gilchrist’s force, and 25-year-old Deputy Taylor Lindsay.
Flanked by a group of sheriffs and other law enforcement officials from agencies around north central Florida, he called the men who died “quintessential deputy sheriffs,” said they were loved, and that both “gave their lives so we can all be safe.”
President Donald Trump tweeted at 6:40 p.m. that “My thoughts, prayers and condolences are with the families, friends and collegues of the two @GCSOFlorida deputies (HEROES) who lost their lives in the line of duty today.”
Deputies who responded to calls for help found the shooter dead outside Ace China, 1122 Wade St.
The Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that the department “has suffered a terrible tragedy,” and urged residents to avoid the area of State Road 26 where deputies were investigating.
No suspects are at large, the post said.
A large swath around the restaurant was roped off throughout the evening and it swarmed with law enforcement. Officials from the Levy County Sheriff’s Office, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the State Attorney’s Office were at the scene.
Investigators pieced together evidence Thursday evening but could share few answers about what may have prompted the 3 p.m. shootings.
State Attorney Bill Cervone called the act “inexplicable.”
“It appears he just walked up and shot them, then went to his car and shot himself. It’s inexplicable ... people will want to know why and we may never have an answer for them.”
In an emotional news conference Thursday evening, Gilchrist County Sheriff Bobby Schultz spoke about the sergeant and deputy sheriff who were killed, calling the shooter a “coward” and suggesting that the demonization of law enforcement may have been partly to blame.
Schultz spent much of his time with the media describing Sgt. Noel Ramirez, a seven-year law enforcement veteran who had worked for other area departments before joining Gilchrist’s force, and 25-year-old Deputy Taylor Lindsay.
Flanked by a group of sheriffs and other law enforcement officials from agencies around north central Florida, he called the men who died “quintessential deputy sheriffs,” said they were loved, and that both “gave their lives so we can all be safe.”
President Donald Trump tweeted at 6:40 p.m. that “My thoughts, prayers and condolences are with the families, friends and collegues of the two @GCSOFlorida deputies (HEROES) who lost their lives in the line of duty today.”
Deputies who responded to calls for help found the shooter dead outside Ace China, 1122 Wade St.
The Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that the department “has suffered a terrible tragedy,” and urged residents to avoid the area of State Road 26 where deputies were investigating.
No suspects are at large, the post said.
A large swath around the restaurant was roped off throughout the evening and it swarmed with law enforcement. Officials from the Levy County Sheriff’s Office, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the State Attorney’s Office were at the scene.