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LUMBERTON, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man fired a shotgun at sheriff's deputies before they returned fire and fatally shot him.
In a statement late Thursday, Pasco County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Melanie Snow said deputies had been called to the Many Mansion RV Park in Lumberton by a man who said his roommate was suicidal and had taken a hundred pills.
Snow said that when deputies arrived, the suicidal man came out of the mobile home, yelled an expletive "making his intentions to potentially harm our deputies very clear" and fired a shotgun at them.
Snow said deputies returned fire, fatally shooting the man. He was identified as 54-year-old James Palmquist.
No deputies were injured. Snow said the deputies involved would be placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.
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