

Deputy Potters was shot as he tried to take cover behind his vehicle. Wilder burst out of the car with the rifle and immediately opened fire on the two deputies, the footage showed. Brevard County Sheriff's Office Their exchange took a turn after the deputy asked Wilder to step out of the vehicle. Potters was shot as Wilder took out the gun.

Brevard County Sheriff's Office The officers had made the traffic stop before the scene escalated. Brevard County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tyler Thoman was targeted with Potters by Paris Wilde. Deputy Brian Potters Deputy was performing a traffic stop when the incident wildly escalated. It wasn’t immediately clear why deputies stopped the men.ĭeputy Potters could be seen joking with Wilder as he sat in the backseat after the deputy spotted a two-year-old child and dog sitting next to him. The gunman ended up being shot dead as deputies returned fire, while deputy Potters suffered gunshot wounds to his leg and buttocks.įootage released by the sheriff’s office on Friday showed the deputies speaking to two men outside the stopped car just moments before the ambush unfolded. Two Florida sheriff’s deputies were ambushed during a traffic stop after a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle stormed out of a vehicle and opened fire on them, terrifying new dashcam video shows.īrevard County Sheriff’s Deputies Brian Potters and Tyler Thoman were targeted by gunman Paris Wilder, 38, during the stop in West Melbourne on Aug. Terrifying video shows Florida deputies ambushed by man with AR-15 style rifle during traffic stopįlorida deputies ambushed, shot at during traffic stop by man wielding AR-15 The shooting starts at 3 minutes and 30 seconds in the above youtube video.
