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FORT PIERCE ? A St. Lucie County sheriff's deputy was shot and killed this morning during a traffic stop south of Fort Pierce, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.
A suspect, Eriese Alphonso Tisdale, is in custody, according to St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken J. Mascara.
Sgt. Gary Morales -- a 13-year agency veteran -- was shot and killed in the 3200 block of Naylor Terrace, Mascara said. He was 35.
At 9:28 a.m ., deputies made a traffic stop on Naylor Terrace, just south of Edwards Road and south of Fort Pierce in unincorporated St. Lucie County.
At some point during the traffic stop the sheriff's office says Tisdale got out of his vehicle and shot Sgt. Morales who was in his patrol car, deputies said.
?It happened in a split second, you had a madman with a gun that was determined to shoot and kill this deputy," sheriff Mascara said.
"Sgt. Morales was shot multiple times," the sheriff said.
Deputies chased Tisdale to Oleander Avenue where they arrested him after he crashed his car.
Tisdale faces charges of first degree premeditated murder, assault on an officer/firefighter/emt, fleeing and eluding and possession of a weapon or ammo by a convicted felon.
Sgt. Morales was transported to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute where he was pronounced dead.
Sgt. Morales' father is a retired NYPD Detective.
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REST IN PEACE TO OUR BROTHER IN BLUE...PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES.
A suspect, Eriese Alphonso Tisdale, is in custody, according to St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken J. Mascara.
Sgt. Gary Morales -- a 13-year agency veteran -- was shot and killed in the 3200 block of Naylor Terrace, Mascara said. He was 35.
At 9:28 a.m ., deputies made a traffic stop on Naylor Terrace, just south of Edwards Road and south of Fort Pierce in unincorporated St. Lucie County.
At some point during the traffic stop the sheriff's office says Tisdale got out of his vehicle and shot Sgt. Morales who was in his patrol car, deputies said.
?It happened in a split second, you had a madman with a gun that was determined to shoot and kill this deputy," sheriff Mascara said.
"Sgt. Morales was shot multiple times," the sheriff said.
Deputies chased Tisdale to Oleander Avenue where they arrested him after he crashed his car.
Tisdale faces charges of first degree premeditated murder, assault on an officer/firefighter/emt, fleeing and eluding and possession of a weapon or ammo by a convicted felon.
Sgt. Morales was transported to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center and Heart Institute where he was pronounced dead.
Sgt. Morales' father is a retired NYPD Detective.
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REST IN PEACE TO OUR BROTHER IN BLUE...PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES.