One woman is dead and another is injured after a grandmother shot her daughter in Tampa Sunday morning.
Deputy Chief Joseph Maurer of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call about a burglary in progress at around 4:41 a.m. The home was occupied by a grandmother, daughter, grandchild and a roommate.
As deputies were arriving on the scene, the grandmother, identified as 46-year-old RB, shot her daughter in the hand. Shortly after, the roommate exited the house with the child, and both were taken to safety.
Two teams of deputies made entry into the home, one of which rescued the injured victim, the suspect’s daughter, who Maurer said appeared to be under the influence of a narcotic.
She was transported for medical treatment and is now in stable condition.
A second team of deputies located B barricaded in a back room of the house. The door was locked, and she ignored multiple commands from deputies to open the door.
When deputies breached the door, they found B lying on the floor with a gun in her hand. She ignored commands to drop the weapon and began to raise the firearm, at which point she was shot and killed by one of the deputies.
Maurer identified the officer involved as Deputy Joshua Thomas, who has been with HSCO for ten months and was previously with the Temple Terrace Police Department for six years. He has no prior use of deadly force.
While he was unable to comment on the motive, M added that the suspect and her daughter lived together, and that B was asked to leave on Friday.
M said this was a domestic violence situation and encouraged anyone suffering from similar abuse to reach out for help.
“Domestic violence is the monster in everyone’s home,” he said. “We cannot police in your homes.”
As is typical with deputy-involved incidents, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will conduct the investigation.
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Source: wfla
