Florida deputies say a bizarre incident ended in the fatal shooting of a man believed to be high on meth when he allegedly charged at cops with garden shears right after swimming through alligator-infested waters where he was bitten.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told news outlets that two deputies shot and killed 42-year-old Timothy Schulz on Memorial Day in Lakeland, Florida, just south of Orlando.
The sheriff’s office said the incident started early that morning when they were called to a Racetrack gas station. A station employee said that Schulz entered the convenience store and was shaking, acting bizarrely, and asking to call his son, Judd recalled in a news conference.
Deputies didn’t find him at the station or anywhere nearby. But less than two hours later, several witnesses called authorities after seeing Schulz swimming in a lake full of alligators. One 911 caller said Schulz appeared to be “drunk or high or something,” Judd said…