LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Police in central Florida fatally shot a man who they say drove at them in a crowded parking lot.
Lakeland police Chief Larry Giddens told news outlets the Wednesday morning shooting followed reports of a stolen car. He said officers spotted the stolen vehicle in a parking lot where some 200 people had gathered, making it a “large, chaotic scene.”
Giddens said the driver saw officers approaching and “aggressively began to speed through the parking lot, driving at one of our officers.”
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A few officers fired at Michael Jerome Taylor and the vehicle hit parked cars and a light pole before crashing into another parked car, pushing it through the wall of a bicycle shop.
The officers weren’t injured, and are on administrative leave.
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