A Santa Rosa County deputy is in surgery after he was attacked with a samurai sword in Navarre.
Deputies responded to a disturbance call on Quail Roost Drive around 6 p.m. A mother had reported that her son was off his medications and acting violently, according to Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office Cpt. Bob Johnson.
When deputies arrived they found the man in the yard of the residence armed with a samurai sword and attempted to engage him with non-lethal force using a bean-bag gun.
A back-up deputy, apparently unaware the man was armed, attempted to engage him from around the corner of the house, Johnson said. It was then that the man attacked the deputy, inflicting multiple injuries.
The first deputy then shot the attacker several times.
Both the deputy and the sword-wielder were trauma alerted to Baptist Hospital.
Their conditions are unknown at this time.
Deputies responded to a disturbance call on Quail Roost Drive around 6 p.m. A mother had reported that her son was off his medications and acting violently, according to Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office Cpt. Bob Johnson.
When deputies arrived they found the man in the yard of the residence armed with a samurai sword and attempted to engage him with non-lethal force using a bean-bag gun.
A back-up deputy, apparently unaware the man was armed, attempted to engage him from around the corner of the house, Johnson said. It was then that the man attacked the deputy, inflicting multiple injuries.
The first deputy then shot the attacker several times.
Both the deputy and the sword-wielder were trauma alerted to Baptist Hospital.
Their conditions are unknown at this time.