Incident

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7-23-2022 Florida Pompano Beach (North Lauderdale) 1-1

Location

July 23, 2022

Avana Cypress Creek Apartments
1700 FL-7
Pompano Beach (North Lauderdale), Florida

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Deputy
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Mervel Jones Jr
Age: 28
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
Police Targeted

Notes

suspect shot at deputy, hitting him in the head; two other deputies returned fire

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.wptv.com/news/state/broward/man-who-shot-at-deputies-fatally-shot-in-north-lauderdale

URL: https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/07/23/broward-deputies-shoot-kill-man-after-deputy-grazed-by-bullet-sheriff-says/

URL: https://www.sheriff.org/PIO/BSONews/Pages/FDLE-INVESTIGATING-AFTER-BSO-DEPUTIES--SHOOT-ARMED-MAN-WHO-SHOT-DEPUTY.aspx

District

Congressional District: 20
State Senate District: 32
State House District: 97