A member of law enforcement used a racist fabrication and faked a carjacking to cover up his incompetence with a firearm, and then he was fired, a sheriff’s office in Florida announced earlier this week.
Dakotah Wood, 21, was previously employed as a telecommunicator with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. He has since resigned and been charged with myriad crimes, including tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, false reports of commission of crimes, and discharging a firearm in public or residential property.
On June 30, HCSO deputies responded to a call about an attempted carjacking and shooting at an intersection near the Weekiwachee Wildlife Management Area in Weeki Wachee Gardens, a census-designated place near the western coast of Florida.
There, law enforcement found Wood suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg, the HCSO said in a Friday press release.
Initially, he told the responding deputies, he was at nearby Linda Pedersen Park during the early morning hours when he was accosted by unknown men who tried to steal his vehicle, officials said.
“Wood said the men displayed a firearm and made a threat to kill him before shooting him in the thigh,” the press release says. “Wood said the shooter collected the shell casing prior to fleeing the area on foot. After being shot, Wood said he obtained his personal firearm and fired approximately five rounds in self-defense. Wood further advised he believed he hit one of the suspects several times. Following...
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