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Florida cops in gunfight with sex offender

This compilation of bodycam and dashboard camera footage shows DeSoto County Sheriff's Officers attempting to arrest a wanted sex offender. The situation escalates into a gunfight, wherein an officer is hit and the suspect is killed. Viewer discretion is advised. Law enforcement in Forsyth County, Georgia informed DeSoto County, Florida, to be on the lookout (BOLO) for Matthew Rollie, 30 years of age. He had an active warrant for enticing a child and failing to register as a sex offender. Accordingly, DeSoto Sherriff's Office located a vehicle suspected of being used by Rollie. Using the running of a stop sign as a pretext for stopping the vehicle, DeSoto Deputy Trujillo made contact with the driver and confirmed that Rollie was riding in the passenger side. As his partner Sgt. Nunez was checking Rollie's identification, Trujillo (on the driver's side) noticed Rollie reaching for a weapon (01:33), but not quickly enough to prevent the suspect from firing. He fired four times and Trujillo went down, returning fire. Despite being shot twice, Trujillo rather amazingly rolled right back up onto his feet. Sgt. Nunez fired on Rollie as he attempted to exit the vehicle on the passenger side. As he fell, Rollie continued to fire. At that point, Sgt. neutralized Rollie on the ground. Right at the 02:00 mark, we see the incident from Sgt. Nunez' perspective. 03:19 shows it from Trujillo's. From here, we can see the female driver of the car exited to the rear left of the vehicle, where she was out of the line of fire. Rollie was pronounced dead on-scene, whereas Trujillo was air-evacuated to an area hospital. He has since been discharged to recover at home. No other persons were harmed.

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