LAKELAND, FLORIDA — A career criminal somehow survived an alligator attack, then died in a hail of bullets by deputies ...

A witness tried to throw the man a preserver. Another witness said the man growled at them when they tried to help.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies shot Timothy Shultz, 42, after a gator attacked him, assaulted a deputy with ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, charged at his deputies holding a pair of garden shears after ...

A 42-year-old man recently released from jail was bitten by an alligator before being shot and killed by Polk County deputies ...

Before Monday's fatal event, Timothy Schultz was arrested in April and had been released from jail less than a week ago, ...

A Florida man was bitten by an alligator before he was shot and killed by deputies on Memorial Day, according to the sheriff’s office.