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Crime
Man Killed In Deputies-Involved Fatal Shooting
Three Hillsborough County deputies have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a fatal shooting. The shoot- ing took place on July 24th.
According to police, at 12:42 a.m. on July 24, 2022, the HCSO Communications Bureau received a call in ref- erence to shots fired at the Bristol Bay Apartments, 4709 Bristol Bay Way, in Tampa. Upon arrival, deputies learned that two men had engaged in a verbal and physical confrontation at a party over a female earlier in the night. The confronta- tion moved outside where the suspect, Jonathan Huertas Reyes, 32, shot at the other man involved sev- eral times. No one was in- jured.
Deputies made contact
JONATHAN HUERTAS REYES
with Huertas Reyes, and while attempting to engage in conversation with him, no- ticed he had a fanny pack on him. He ignored deputies’ at- tempts to speak with them and led them on a brief foot chase through the apartment complex. In an attempt to get Huertas Reyes to obey
The shooting took place at the Bristol Bay Apartment Com- plex.
the dialogue, but he refused to come toward deputies. He eventually picked the firearm back up, forcing deputies to fire their service weapons to- ward him in fear of their lives and the lives of onlookers nearby. Deputies deployed immediate lifesaving efforts, including using an AED on Huertas Reyes. He was transported to Tampa Gen- eral Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The three deputies in- volved are Sergeant Ben- jamin Kenney, 21 years of service; Deputy Nicholas Scudder, 7 years of service; and Deputy Jeff Louis, one year of service. None of the deputies involved have any prior uses of deadly force.
The deputies involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave.
The shooting is being in- vestigated by the Florida De- partment of Law Enforcement.
commands to stop, a deputy took out his agency-issued taser. When Huertas Reyes observed the taser, he pulled out a firearm and pointed it at his own head.
Onlookers who saw the suspect with the gun began shouting at Huertas Reyes in Spanish and English to put
down his weapon. A bilingual deputy, who was called to the scene, began speaking with Huertas Reyes on the phone while standing at a distance from him, attempt- ing to encourage him to walk toward them without his gun in hand. Huertas Reyes re- peatedly made threats to harm himself, suggesting that he would be going to jail for the shooting that had taken place earlier.
Huertas Reyes put his firearm on the ground during
Caregiver Charged
With Burning
Child With Hot Pot
A Sun City Center woman was taken into custody and charged with burning a child as a form of discipline. Jen- nifer Posey, 29, was ar- rested on Tuesday, July 19,
According to the Hillsbor- ough County Sheriff’s Office, on June 26, Posey was re- sponsible for supervising a 10-year-old and two addi- tional juveniles.
After making the victim instant ramen on the stove- top, the victim was playing with one of the other juve- niles, pretending to spill a bowl of hot ramen on her. In an attempt to teach the child a lesson, Posey took a hot pot, that had been used to heat the ramen noodles ap- proximately two minutes ear- lier, and pressed it against the victim’s arm. The victim suf- fered an approximately four- inch burn.
Posey admitted to the of- fense to detectives and was
JENNIFER POSEY
arrested on a charge of aggra- vated child abuse.
Hillsborough County
Sheriff Chad Chronister
said, “Children will be chil- dren, but an adult should know better than to use such great physical punishment to try to correct their bad behav- ior.
“This suspect’s actions were intentional, unaccept- able, and she will now face the consequences for inflict- ing unnecessary pain on a helpless child.”
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