white man, brandishing knife and ramming patrol cars, demands that cops shoot him
The deputy who responded to the call tried to talk to O'Connor, but O'Connor allegedly fled, WTVT reported. The deputy then pursued the suspect by car. They tried pulling O'Connor's vehicle over by using their siren and patrol lights. But when the officer began walking towards his car, he reportedly sped off.
The deputy then decided not to continue chasing O'Connor since the neighborhood area was located near a country club golf course. A police chase could've endangered golf carts and slower vehicles driving on local streets, deputies said.
Instead, the deputy called in additional patrol cars as well as a helicopter. Eventually, two patrol cars positioned themselves in front of and behind O'Connor's vehicle to prevent his driving off. In response, O'Connor allegedly rammed his vehicle into the car in front of him. He then allegedly reversed his vehicle and hit the patrol car behind him.
"Get the f*ck out of here," O'Connor reportedly told the deputies "Just f*cking shoot me," he allegedly added while brandishing a hunting knife at the deputies while still seated within his vehicle. O'Connor then allegedly dropped the knife and crashed his vehicle into the patrol cars once more.
The deputies then used a Taser, pepper spray and beanbag rounds on him, eventually subduing him for arrest. He now faces charges for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, burglary of an occupied residence, fleeing to elude, resisting an officer with violence, criminal mischief, resisting a law enforcement officer without violence, trespassing with larceny and failure to obey a lawful order.
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