The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deputies involved in a fatal shooting in Crystal River. The shooting happened Nov. 7. The suspect was 37-year-old Joshua Aaron Schwartz. Four deputies fired after Schwartz refused commands to drop a knife, according to Tampa Bay 10 (WTSP).
The sheriff’s office released surveillance, cellphone and body camera footage showing the confrontation, according to Fox 13 News and the Citrus County Chronicle. A woman was also involved. She was taken to a hospital and later released, according to WTSP.
The sheriff’s office has not released what sparked the dispute between Schwartz and the woman, according to Fox 13 News.
The Nov. 7 shooting was the second fatal deputy-involved shooting in Citrus County in about a month. The first was an Oct. 4 shooting that killed 24-year-old Joey Ray Dawson, according to the Citrus County Chronicle.
Originally reported by Citrus County Chronicle – Inverness and Fox 13 News and Tampa Bay 10 (WTSP)
