Note: this story, which first appeared in the news in February 2017, is being republished. There will be no criminal charges brought against the bystander who shot and killed a man who was assaulting a Florida sheriff\u2019s deputy.<\/p>\n
According to the Daily Mail, Ashad Russell has been officially cleared by the State Attorney\u2019s Office. When Russell, 35, witnessed Edward Strother assaulting Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy First Class Dean Bardes on Interstate 75, he intervened to save the deputy.<\/p>\n
Strother had been stopped by bardes for speeding. After that, Strother, 53, allegedly attacked Bardes, punching him repeatedly and pinning him to the road.<\/p>\n
When Russell got out of his car to assist, he was armed and had a concealed weapons license. Apparently noticing that Russell was armed, Bardes gave him the order to shoot Strother.<\/p>\n
Strother was repeatedly told to get off Barnes, but Russell killed him by shooting him three times in the neck.<\/p>\n
Russell was commended by Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott in a Facebook post:<\/p>\n
Russell was \u201cjustified in using deadly force when he reasonably believed that the use of such force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great harm,\u201d the SAO concluded after reviewing the case. bodily harm to Deputy Dean Bardes or to stop Deputy Bardes from being the victim of an impending forcible felony.<\/p>\n
Based on the information provided by this investigation and the relevant legislation, our agency review is closed, and this office will not take any further action. <\/p>\n
The Washington Post mentioned the dissenting opinion expressed by the deceased\u2019s brother, Louis Strother.<\/p>\n
He questioned, \u201cThey\u2019re calling him a good Samaritan?\u201d \u201cDid my brother have a gun?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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