Overview

• The incident began early Monday with reports of Schulz behaving erratically at a gas station and later swimming in an alligator-infested lake in Lakeland, Florida.
• Schulz emerged from the lake with an alligator bite and was seen carrying garden shears while attempting to break into a truck with a brick.
• Deputies attempted to subdue Schulz with Tasers, but he was unresponsive, likely due to methamphetamine use, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.
• Schulz charged at deputies with the shears and entered a patrol vehicle, trying to grab a rifle or shotgun, prompting deputies to fatally shoot him.
• The deputies involved are on administrative leave as the State Attorney's office reviews the incident following the sheriff's investigation.