POLK COUNTY, Fla — According to Polk County Sheriff's Office (PCSO), the Deadly Incident Task Force is investigating a deputy-involved shooting at a home in Haines City that happened Wednesday afternoon.
PCSO is calling the incident a domestic violence event and when deputies eventually went inside the home, they found the body of the suspect's wife.
Sheriff Grady Judd said that police shot a man after the suspect's brother called authorities and said that his brother Adayn Rodriguez, 41, allegedly threatened to kill himself and his wife, Karla Rodriguez, 35.
"He told his brother, 'How convenient is it that it's Carla's birthday? Today's the day that she's going to die,'" Sheriff Judd said.
The sheriff's office said that when they arrived at the home and tried to de-escalate the situation, Rodriguez ran out of the house and pointed a gun at one of the deputies. A lieutenant shot him as he ran back inside. Deputies said he called 911 and another deputy that he personally knew.
Investigators said they tried to get Karla out of the house but she wouldn't leave.
"We had an entry team on the other side of the house immediately make entry into the house and engaged Adayn and shot him," Sheriff Judd said.
All deputies are safe, according to officials.
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