Posted: 1/14/2010 3:49:12 PM EDT
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CPT Chad Reed, Dixie County FL Sheriff's Office
Shot while apprehending a murder suspect from Hernando County End of Watch Jan 14 2010 |
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Dixie County is still a big part of the "Good Ol Boy Network", so I am very surprised that Asshole made it out of the parking lot alive, nonetheless to a friggin helicopter.
I was in Trenton when they were bringing Chad to the Jail (heli pad) and it was a madhouse. There were no less than 3 dozen LE there from Dixie, Levy, and Gilchrist County.  
Link Dixie County Sheriff's Capt. Chad Reed died Thursday night after he was shot in a gunfight with a Hernando County homicide suspect who was tracked into Dixie County. Reed was shot late Thursday afternoon and died Thursday evening in Shands at the University of Florida. Sheriff Dewey Hatcher confirmed the death. The suspect, identified as John Kalisz, 55, also was shot and airlifted to Shands. His condition was not available. Reed and other deputies tried to apprehend Kalisz, who was wanted on accusations that he shot four people, two of them fatally, in Hernando County, authorities said. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, Kalisz was involved in the shooting of four people, two of whom are his relatives, near Brooksville, authorities said. Hernando County Sheriff's Sgt. Donna Black said Kalisz went to a home near Brooksville and fatally shot two elderly women. He also shot a younger woman and a girl believed to be pregnant, Black said. Black said a motive is not known but said it was domestic in nature. Kalisz is the uncle of one of the victims, Black said. While fleeing Hernando County, Kalisz was tracked via his cell phone, Black said. A sheriff's helicopter then began following him, Black said. Kalisz told his brother he would shoot any deputy who tried to stop him, Black said. Hernando authorities notified law enforcement agencies along Kalisz's path, she added. Hatcher said authorities were notified that Kalisz was heading toward Dixie County on U.S. 19. Deputies spotted the car and followed it to a gas station in Cross City. The shooting of Capt. Reed and Kalisz happened there, Hatcher said. "Some of my guys intercepted the vehicle and were following it. We were trying to stage enough people to do a traffic stop," Hatcher said. "When the guy gets to Cross City, he pulls into a gas station. My officers approached the vehicle. They exchange fire. My captain was shot, and the suspect was also shot." Hatcher said he didn't know where the shot hit Reed, though witnesses at the scene told The Sun the wound was to Reed's face. Witnesses said it was not clear exactly where Kalisz had been hit. Black said Hernando sheriff's personnel were heading to North Central Florida on Thursday night. According to county emergency workers and dispatch records, both men were taken by ambulances to emergency landing zones before being airlifted to the trauma unit at Shands. Paramedics at the scene determined both men were in critical condition with potentially life-threatening injuries. County emergency service director Tim Alexander said Reed was taken to Trenton, where a medical helicopter from Taylor County picked him up. Kalisz was taken to the landing zone in Old Town, where he was picked up by a medical helicopter from Lake City and then flown to Shands. Reed is survived by his wife, Holly, two young sons and a large extended family in Dixie County. He had spent his entire career working for the county, serving as a volunteer firefighter, paramedic, emergency services director and at the Sheriff's Office. Reed's death is the first death in the line of duty in Dixie County in decades. Jailer Charley Driggers was shot and killed in the 1960s by an inmate he was transferring from a car into the county jail. |
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