‘Suicide By Cop’ Threat Ends In Taser Fight, Arrest Of Davenport Man

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 37-year-old Davenport man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly threatening family members and fighting responding deputies Monday afternoon, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Maxwell James Murrain was booked into the Sheriff’s Processing Center following the scuffle in the Florida Pines subdivision off U.S. 27.

Deputies were alerted around 1:30 p.m. Monday that Murrain was threatening to kill his relatives. The sheriff’s office said Murrain also warned he intended to commit “suicide by cop” if law enforcement intervened…

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