Overview
- The case advanced with a Walton County grand jury indictment, and deputies arrested Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky during a Lyft trip in Miramar Beach.
- Prosecutors say an August 2024 splenectomy at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast ended when he removed William Bryan’s liver instead of his spleen, causing fatal bleeding.
- Body-camera video reported by NBC News shows officers pulling him from the driver’s seat, and Lyft later removed him from the platform.
- He was released on a $75,000 bond and faces up to 15 years in prison, with arraignment scheduled for May 19.
- Florida suspended his medical license in September 2024 and New York followed in 2025, and civil lawsuits by Bryan’s widow and another family are still pending.