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Florida Man Bitten by Alligator 'Continued His Rampage' Before Fatal Police Shooting

42-year-old Timothy Schulz was fatally shot by police following a bizarre series of events in Lakeland, Florida.

A bizarre series of events ended in the fatal police shooting of a Florida man who attacked deputies despite being tazed and recently attacked by an alligator.

Deputies first received a call about a man, later identified as Tim Schulz, behaving erratically at 5:56 am on Sunday, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd stated. Unable to locate him, they received another call at 7:43 am, reporting a man in the lake "with a lot of alligators." After being offered a life preserver, Schulz allegedly "growled."

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