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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida Panhandle deputy fatally shot a man who was trying to take another deputy's gun.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office posted on social media that the shooting occurred Friday morning while deputies were trying to serve a felony arrest warrant on 35-year old Joseph Leland Fletcher.
Authorities say three deputies went to a Fort Walton Beach townhome and found Fletcher inside a closet. The posting says Fletcher became violent, prompting one deputy to deploy a Taser. The stun gun was ineffective, and Fletcher began struggling with a second deputy. Authorities say Fletcher eventually gained control of the gun, and a third deputy shot him.
The encounter was captured on agency body cameras.
Officials didn't immediately identify the race of Fletcher or the deputies.
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