Suspect shot and killed after firing at deputies

BROOKSVILLE (970 WFLA) -- The Hernando County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are currently on the scene of a police-involved shooting along Trillium Boulevard within the Trillium subdivision in Brooksville. 

Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis says they were trying to serve a warrant on a man accused of sexual battery on a "very young victim."

"Unfortunately, in the process... shots were fired, including one by the suspect... deputies and marshals returned fire", Nienhuis said, "and the suspect is dead at the scene."

At this time, the suspect's name has not been released. 

No law enforcement officers were injured. 


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