A Polk County man was fatally shot by two sheriff deputies early Monday after he charged at them with garden shears and attempted to grab a firearm from a patrol vehicle, authorities said.
The incident began around 5:56 a.m. on May 26, when deputies responded to a report of a man swimming in a lake behind a residential area in Lakeland, about 35 miles east of Tampa, Florida. According to the sheriff's office, a separate 911 call had been placed about two hours earlier reporting a man near a racetrack who appeared to be "shaking" and asking people to call his son. Deputies responded to that location but were unable to locate him.
