Judd commended the officers for their restraint prior to the incident, and emphasized the significant risks posed by drug use, particularly methamphetamines, in volatile situations like this one.

On Monday, May 26th, a 42-year-old man named Timothy Schulz was at the center of a dramatic and tragic incident in Lakeland, ...

Officials said witnesses reported seeing a man swimming in a lake near alligators before police arrived on scene.

Polk County's sheriff said the man had been acting bizarrely at a gas station, then swam through an alligator-laden lake into ...

Timothy Schulz was shot and killed by deputies after an alligator attack and erratic behavior, which included charging at ...

Timothy Schulz, a 42-year-old man in Florida with a history of meth-related arrests, was fatally shot by the police after ...

The fact that he was bitten by an alligator, significantly, and still continued his rampage, is shocking,” Polk County ...

A drug-crazed Florida man ended up being fatally shot after he survived an alligator bite but then charged at cops with garden shears as they tried to help him.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies shot Timothy Shultz, 42, after he was attacked by a gator, assaulted a deputy with garden shears, broke into a patrol car, and attempted to steal a gun.

Sheriff Grady Judd says Polk County deputies shot and killed an armed man who was attacked by an alligator while swimming across a lake, then charged at the deputies with a pair of garden shears ...

A deputy-involved shooting early Monday morning in Polk County has left a man dead following a series of bizarre and violent incidents that culminated in an armed confrontation with law enforcement.

A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by deputies in Polk County, Florida, minutes after surviving an apparent alligator attack.