May 27 (UPI) -- Deputies in central Florida fatally shot a man believed to be on drugs who allegedly charged at them after emerging from a lake where he appeared to have been attacked by an alligator.
The incident happened Monday morning in a gated community in Polk County.
The deceased has been identified as Timothy Schulz, 42. The county sheriff, Grady Judd, told reporters during a press conference that Schulz had a long criminal history related to methamphetamine and was most recently released from prison on May 20.
"He's dead. Deader than four o'clock," Judd said.
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