4/16/20 Florida Today reports on a case where police not in uniform, who did not identify themselves, and grabbed a woman at her front door, ended up in a gunfight with the woman's uncle. They charged him with attempted murder of a police officer.
Prosecutors
and Brevard County sheriff’s investigators said DeRossett opened fire
at deputies who were arresting his niece on a prostitution charge.
DeRossett’s
attorney’s argued that he did not know who the men were confronting his
niece and that he was responding to her screams for help at the front
door.
The shooting took place as the sheriff’s office
investigated reports of prostitution taking place at the home Mary Ellis
DeRossett, 47, shared with her uncle, DeRossett.
Gunfire
ensued and Deputy Casey Smith was shot in the lower abdomen. He
recovered from his injuries. Both Ellis, a convicted prostitute known as
The Cougar, and DeRossett, then a security guard at Port Canveral,
suffered minor gunshot injuries, reports show.
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