Editor’s note: The 911 call and body camera footage included in this story contain explicit language and graphic content that may be disturbing to some readers.
LEESBURG, Fla. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage and a 911 call Monday in connection with the death of a man Sunday.
At 6:19 a.m., a 911 caller reported a man had been stabbed in the neck, according to audio released Monday. Deputies with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and officers with Leesburg Police Department responded to 2415 Montclair Road, LCSO Public Information Officer Deputy Stephanie Earley said Sunday afternoon.
Listen to the 911 call here:
Bystanders pointed deputies in the direction the suspect fled on foot, and a deputy located Timotheus Reed, 38, Earley said. During the encounter, the deputy shot Reed, who was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.
An autopsy performed Monday showed Reed was shot once in the front left side of his abdomen, LCSO Capt. John Herrell said.
“A knife was recovered near where the deputy encountered Reed,” Herrell said in an email.
The deputy, whose name has not been released, was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and a preliminary administrative review, both standard procedure.
