Indian River County honors fallen sergeant with visitation and funeral services
Sgt. Terri Sweeting-Mashkow was fatally shot serving an eviction notice on Nov. 21, prompting community memorials and a funeral with limited public seating.
- On Tuesday, Dec. 02, 2025, a funeral service for Sgt. Terri Sweeting-Mashkow began at 11 a.m. inside the Corporate Air Hangar in Vero Beach, followed by a burial at Crestlawn Cemetery.
- On Nov. 21, 2025, Sgt. Terri Sweeting-Mashkow was shot and killed serving an eviction notice in Bermuda Club Somerset Bay community while Michael Halberstam wounded Deputy Tino Arizpe and locksmith David Long before dying.
- About 2,300 seats were available inside the Corporate Air Hangar with standing room for 1,000, as Flowers said `You're talking 3,300, 3,500 people max` at Vero Beach Regional Airport on Dec. 2.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered flags at half-staff on Tuesday in Indian River County, while Sheriff Eric Flowers honored Sgt. Sweeting-Mashkow, saying `She made the ultimate sacrifice and it could have been any one of us` and noting `Many in the audience today were trained by Terri`.
- HALO No-Kill Shelter and K-9 One Training organized fundraisers pledging 100% of proceeds to Sgt. Terri Sweeting-Mashkow's family; community memorials and donated meals honor the 25-year veteran.
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VERO BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — It was a somber salute for an Indian River County sergeant who was killed in the line of duty. Family, friends and community members gathered inside the Corporate Air Hanger in Vero Beach for the funeral of slain Sgt. Terri Sweeting-Mashkow. Mashkow was killed by gunfire from a suspect’s gun when she and other deputies responded to a home in November to enforce an eviction. Police agencies from across South Florida were…
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Memorial held for Florida deputy shot and killed during eviction
A memorial was held Tuesday for a Florida deputy who was shot and killed while serving an eviction notice last month. The memorial for Indian River County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Terri Sweeting-Mashkow was held in Vero Beach. Sweeti-Mashkow, a 25-year veteran of the agency, was killed when the man who was being evicted opened fire back on Nov. 21. Indian River County Sheriff’s Deputy Terri Sweeting-Mashkow Another deputy, Florentino Arizpe, who wa…
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