RUSKIN (WSVN) – Two Hillsborough County deputies were hospitalized and one suspect is dead after a deadly shootout in Ruskin.
Authorities said that the deputies were responding to a domestic violence call in Ruskin, south of Tampa, when they came under fire.
“Our suspect ambushed our deputies from the moment they arrived on scene. He was intent on taking the life of a deputy sheriff,” said Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister. “Our suspect’s reign of terror ended today because of the training, the bravery, and heroic actions of each of these deputies.”
The tense moments were caught on body camera footage by the deputies.
