TALLAHASSEE — A man set his house on fire to ambush responding police officers.
Officials say he held “anti-government, anti-establishment” views.
The gunman: 53-year-old Curtis Wade Holley. He fatally shot Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Smith, 47, on Saturday and wounded another deputy before he was killed in a gun battle outside his burning home.
A Sheriff’s Lt. wouldn’t give details of his anti-government beliefs at this time.
Smith was the first Leon County Sheriff’s Office member to be killed in the line of duty in almost 40 years.
The deputy who was wounded was shot while telling firefighters to stay away.
Two Tallahassee Police Officers responded to the gun fight and killed Holley. AP
