PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Pasco Sheriff’s Office on Monday released the names of the two deputies who fatally shot an armed man in Land O’Lakes last week. Officials identified the officers as Deputy Samuel Watson and Corporal Matthew Stritt.
The sheriff’s office shared the names on Aug. 10 after a required 72-hour waiting period under Florida law, which keeps the identities of officers private when they are listed as victims of aggravated assault.
The incident began around 11:10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, when deputies answered a domestic call involving a gun on Causeway Boulevard. Officers spoke with the victim while trying to talk to 61-year-old Enoch Harville, who was inside a back bedroom…