1 Dead / 1 Injured In Melbourne Beach Shooting

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that a man was shot dead after he fired a shot at the county SWAT team during a search warrant for illegal drugs. It all happened along the 7000 block of A1A in Melbourne Beach, where a woman was injured during the shooting and had to be hospitalized. Sheriff Wayne Ivey…

The identities of the involved parties and the law enforcement personnel involved are not being released at this time. Sheriff Ivey says as is customary in officer-involved shootings, the deputies have been placed on paid Administrative Leave pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation.