A Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy is recovering from injuries after a violent struggle with a suspect who tried to steal her patrol car and wrestle away her firearm outside a South Palm Beach fire station Tuesday morning.
The confrontation began around 7:35 a.m. when Rex Magann, 32, walked to the fire station and called dispatch, saying he had taken his mother’s car and needed help because “she wouldn’t help me,” according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.
When the female deputy arrived to assist what appeared to be someone in distress, the situation quickly escalated. Magann approached her and demanded her patrol car, saying “I need a car, I’m taking your car.”…