This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The suspect had 23 felonies, 17 misdemeanors and two active drug investigation cases pending.īoth deputies are recovering and are expected to be OK.Ĭopyright 2022 Sunbeam Television Corp. “This individual got exactly what he deserved, because evil can never be dead enough,” said Ivey. Officials said the two men standing outside the vehicle during the traffic stop had nothing to do with the ambush attack. Potters was shot in the leg and sustained head lacerations, tissue damage and bone fractures. Thoman then fired multiple shots at the suspect who was pronounced dead at the scene. He struck him in the head with the butt of his weapon before they both went out of frame and fell to the ground. Potters was heard saying he was struck by gunfire around the same time the suspect appeared to be wounded by return fire.Īs the deputies moved to the side of the police cruiser, the suspect attacked Potters from behind when his rifle jammed. The suspect then took cover at the front of the vehicle, putting the baby inside at risk. The suspected shooter was sitting in the back seat, before he got out and opened fire. The occupant of the vehicle, who was not identified, opened fire on two deputies conducting the traffic stop on State Road 192 near Interstate 95 about. “This was an extremely violent ambush that both of our deputies and the occupants of the vehicle were extremely blessed to survive,” said Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Wayne Ivey.ĭeputy Thoman was seen talking to a woman outside her vehicle about a 2-month-old baby and dog in the backseat while the vehicle occupant is leaning against the rear of the car. A Brevard County deputy sheriff was injured and an occupant of a vehicle stopped by deputies was killed in a shootout Monday afternoon, officials said. It was also revealed that Potters suffered gunshot wounds to his leg and buttocks.Deputies Brian Potters and Thoman were conducting a traffic stop last month when a man hopped out of the backseat of a car and opened fire on the deputies. 'This individual had absolutely no regard for human life and was focused on only one thing â killing our deputies to avoid arrest as he knew he was facing several minimum mandatory prison sentences in his pending cases,' he went on to add. 'For those out there who might be foolish enough to ask why we shot him so many times, that answer is simple â because evil can never be dead enough,' Ivey said. '61' Rounds Were Fired During the ShootoutĪccording to the New York Post, Sheriff Wayne Ivey said that '61 rounds' were fired during the shootout between Wilder and the cops.Ĭonfirming Wilder to be a 'career criminal', Ivey said the attack and ambush perpetrated by a violent, career criminal, with a history of 40 charges for crimes including drug trafficking, aggravated assault while discharging a firearm, battery on a law enforcement officer, and attempted first-degree felony murder. Finally, Thoman was seen firing multiple rounds towards the suspect, leading to the death of Wilder. 192 in Brevard County, Florida ended with a deputy injured and a suspect dead after the suspect reportedly ambushed the officers with a gun. He then uses the butt of the rifle to repeatedly hit the sheriff as he falls down to the ground. I am hit,' Potters is also heard shouting.Īt one point, Wilder's rifle appears to get jammed as he tries to shoot at Potters. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey releases dashboard video of when deputies where ambushed back on August 30th. It appears that Wilder was shot in the foot as he is seen hopping in the video. Potters is then seen running away from the gunman as Wilder continues to shoot while hiding behind the car. As the shots are exchanged between the accused and the cops, the fellow passengers take a run.

Suddenly the back passenger door opens and a black man carrying a huge AR-15-style rifle emerges and starts shooting at the officers. I'll make sure they're alright,' Potters is heard saying as he asks the third passenger to exit from the car and talk to his partner Deputy Tyler Thoman.

Brevard County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Potters is heard talking to a man and a woman about the two-month-old baby and the dog in the backseat of the car.

Brevard county sheriffs ambushed