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Sheriff's wife, deputy shot dead
31/01/2007 11:12 - (SA)
Marianna, Florida - The wife of a Florida sheriff, a deputy and two suspects were killed in shootings outside the sheriff's home on Tuesday night.
The violence began when Mellie McDaniel, wife of Jackson county sheriff John McDaniel, arrived home, state attorney Steve Meadows said.
After pulling into her driveway, the two suspects shot and killed her. A deputy was shot and killed moments later.
Deputies and other officers, including sheriff McDaniel, arrived and killed the two suspects in an exchange of gunfire, Meadows said. The names of the deputy and the two suspects were not released.
More than 100 law officers searched the area surrounding the McDaniels home late into the night on Tuesday, but Meadows said authorities did not believe there were additional suspects. He said the search was being conducted out of caution.
"The community should not be concerned. We believe this was not a random case," Meadows said. He would not discuss a potential motive for the shooting.
This was not the first time the sheriff has experienced personal, violent tragedy. His father was gunned down while working at a Jackson county petrol station in 1980. Serial killer Henry Lee Lucas later confessed to the slaying.
- AP
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