Law enforcement officers swarmed an Oakland Park neighborhood early Thursday morning after a Broward sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man armed with a machete, authorities said.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded shortly before 7 a.m. to reports of a suspicious person in the area of Northeast 35th Court and Northeast 5th Avenue.
Broward deputies confront man armed with machete in Oakland Park
When deputies arrived, they saw a man walking around with a machete, according to BSO spokesperson Miranda Grossman.
“He was walking around with a machete and when deputies got on scene, he attacked them with a machete and that’s when the shooting occurred,” Grossman said…