Man fatally shot as he sped toward Haines City officer, police say

(This article was revised to add the ages of the officers.)

A Haines City police officer shot and killed a man who sped toward him during a traffic stop in the early morning hours of Oct. 26, according to police.

Haines City Police Chief Jay Hopwood and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd addressed the shooting together in an afternoon news conference. Judd was there in his role as the head of the 10th Judicial Circuit’s Officer-Involved Deadly Incident Taskforce, which will investigate the shooting…

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