Florida Deputies Beg Suspect Not to Grab Gun Before He Is Shot Dead

Florida deputies begged and pleaded with a suspect at gunpoint to just put his hands up for four minutes before they were forced to use deadly force, video shows — and experts said incidents like this show the incredible challenges cops face on a daily basis.

Dylan Ray Scott — who earlier this year wrote a note to his mom saying he wanted to “die via Suicide by Cop” — was killed Tuesday night in Riverview during the dramatic standoff with police, who were there to nab him on warrants for grand theft and resisting arrest. 

“No matter what videos like these show, there will still be people who will just call him a ‘killer cop,'” said Eugene O’Donnell, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former NYPD officer and Queens prosecutor — adding that it “underscores how uninformed” the debate on police shootings has become.

(h/t The New York Post)