ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Yet another deputy-involved shooting has happened in Charlotte County.
Barely 24 hours after deputies shot and killed a man south of Punta Gorda, the Sheriff's Office reported a deputy-involved shooting in Englewood on Friday night.
Sheriff Bill Prummell posted a video update shortly after midnight.
The Sheriff said deputies were called out to the scene of a home on Lincoln Drive where witnesses reported a man acting erratically.
Once on scene deputies found 36-year-old Shawn Austin Ravert was carrying a machete. The Sheriff said Ravert moved toward deputies and would not put the weapon down. He ignored orders to stop and said, "shoot me."
The deputies fired on Ravert and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
See the full statement below:
The sheriff's office said more information will be released as it becomes available, which will likely be late next week. The investigation is still very active at this time.
Click to hear what FOX 4's Charlotte County Community Correspondent Alex Orenczuk reported on FOX 4 News at 10:00, after he got a tip about the incident.
The Sheriff's Office has confirmed that no deputies were injured in the incident.
Sheriff Bill Prummell was in Washington DC earlier this week to attend a government panel on supporting and serving senior populations.
Thursday night south of Punta Gorda, deputies were called in to a neighborhood on Tamiami Trail just north of the Tuckers Grade intersection, to deal with Michael Schwartz, who eyewitnesses claimed, was firing a gun and yelling, "Where the cops at?"
