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Polk County deputy injured in 2024 shooting returns to work
Deputy Chad Anderson returned to light duty after being shot in April 2024 during a violent encounter with a suspect who fired on deputies at Hunt Fountain County Park.
- On Thursday, Chad Anderson, Polk County deputy, returned to work on light duty and was officially welcomed by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd in a posted video.
- On April 27, 2024, an encounter began around 12:30 a.m. at Hunt Fountain Park, Lakeland, when a deputy questioned a man who claimed to be a sovereign citizen and deputies including Anderson and Craig Smith responded.
- Anderson and fellow deputy Craig Smith suffered gunshot wounds; Anderson was shot once with the bullet lodging near his heart, while Smith was shot four times, both needing extensive surgeries.
- Sheriff Grady Judd said, `That night, you and your team stood in the gap between good and evil`, and Anderson thanked supporters, saying `Even though it's not all the way there, I'm glad to be back. Definitely blessed.`
- Smith had returned to full duty six months after the shooting, and Anderson's welcome back more than a year later shows departmental recovery after suspect Kmac El Bey engaged deputies.
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Florida sheriff's lieutenant shot in line of duty returns to work nearly 18 months later
Lt. Chad Anderson is back on light duty over a year after being shot, hailed as a hero by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and fellow deputies.
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Polk County deputy injured in 2024 shooting returns to work
LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A deputy who was injured during a shooting that happened in April of 2024 returned to work Thursday. On the night of April 27, 2024, Lieutenant Chad Anderson, along with another Polk County Deputy Sheriff, Craig Smith, responded to a trespassing call in North Lakeland during which they were both shot multiple times. According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the suspect, identified as Kmac El Bey, refused to cooperate…
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