US EditionDeputies Fatally Shoot Alligator-Bitten Man Believed to Be on Drugs
- Polk County deputies fatally shot 42-year-old Timothy Schulz on May 26, 2025, in Lakeland after he emerged from an alligator-infested lake.
- Deputies were initially called to a RaceTrac location shortly before 6 a.m. Due to reports of a man acting erratically, then spent 40 minutes searching for him before receiving a follow-up report that he was swimming in a nearby alligator-infested lake.
- After exiting the lake with a bite on his right arm, Schulz walked between houses armed with garden shears, threw a brick at a truck, tried breaking into vehicles, and charged deputies while refusing to drop the shears.
- Deputies tased Schulz twice, after which he climbed into a running patrol car and attempted to take a gun from its holder before deputies shot him multiple times, resulting in his death at the scene.
- Officials placed involved deputies on administrative leave as they investigate the incident; Sheriff Grady Judd noted Schulz's extensive methamphetamine criminal history and warned against assaulting deputies.
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