Sat Dec 11, 2021, 12:53 AM

Shooter arrested in Brandon after firing at Hillsborough deputies Fifteen times

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/active-investigation-shuts-down-brandon-blvd-in-both-directions

No injuries reported after shooting

BRANDON, Fla. — A shooter was arrested Thursday after a firefight with Hillsborough County deputies.

Part of Brandon Blvd. was shut down in both directions for much of the afternoon while the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office worked their investigation. The shootings happened around the 1 p.m. hour Thursday.

The sheriff's office says deputies were called to the report of shots fired at the Wash Up-Brandon car wash off Brandon Blvd. Sheriff Chad Chronister said deputies arrived within moments, and upon arrival, the sheriff's office says deputies witnessed Daniel Lighty, 35, firing a weapon.

The sheriff's office says deputies were called to the report of shots fired at the Wash Up-Brandon car wash off Brandon Blvd. Sheriff Chad Chronister said deputies arrived within moments, and upon arrival, the sheriff's office says deputies witnessed Daniel Lighty, 35, firing a weapon.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

He was taken into custody after he ran out of bullets. This is Florida, after all...

The police took care not to escalate during the incident, which has been described as a mental health crisis.

I never see reports on DU of police doing their job well. It creates an artificial and often racist view of the police. We have over 330 million people in this country. Those rare incidents that make the cable news are not the norm. Most incidents are like this one.

13 replies, 1122 views

Thread info Bookmark this thread Trash this thread

Reply to this thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

13 replies	Author	Time	Post
Shooter arrested in Brandon after firing at Hillsborough deputies Fifteen times (Original post)	cinematicdiversions	Dec 2021	OP
Why do they need special credit for doing their job ? The problem with police abuse is huge	JI7	Dec 2021	#1
Hey! I'm a nurse, and I didn't kill a single patient today!	Maru Kitteh	Dec 2021	#2
Were your patients shooting at you?	Dr. Strange	Dec 2021	#4
Gunman went on Facebook Live rant before shooting at Hillsborough deputies	Celerity	Dec 2021	#3
We never see reports on DU about plumbers doing their jobs well either.	jcmaine72	Dec 2021	#5
This message was self-deleted by its author	brush	Dec 2021	#6
My hubby's and mine	Corgigal	Dec 2021	#7
We talk about Fox an rightfully so but I think anyone who consumes	cinematicdiversions	Dec 2021	#10
This message was self-deleted by its author	brewens	Dec 2021	#8
I've pasted some good cop news in the past but not recently... need to do it more often	Demovictory9	Dec 2021	#9
"artificial and often racist view of the police"?	David__77	Dec 2021	#11
"ran out of bullets"? Were his rights to unlimited armaments being violated?	Midnight Writer	Dec 2021	#12
Thank you for posting this.	ARandomPerson	Dec 2021	#13

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 12:57 AM

JI7 (86,328 posts)

1. Why do they need special credit for doing their job ? The problem with police abuse is huge

and they should do something about that if they don't like the criticism.

Reply to this post

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 12:59 AM

Maru Kitteh (25,824 posts)

2. Hey! I'm a nurse, and I didn't kill a single patient today!

Where’s my cookie?

Reply to this post

Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 01:05 AM

Dr. Strange (25,435 posts)

4. Were your patients shooting at you?

Cause I'd be impressed if you managed to do your job while being shot at!

Reply to this post

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 01:03 AM

Celerity (29,154 posts)

3. Gunman went on Facebook Live rant before shooting at Hillsborough deputies

Reply to this post

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 01:53 AM

jcmaine72 (1,696 posts)

5. We never see reports on DU about plumbers doing their jobs well either.

Until now...

Big shout out to my plumber, Mike, who successfully extracted a slimy hairball the size of whiffle ball from my bathroom sink last Saturday.

Reply to this post

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

brush This message was self-deleted by its author.

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 02:34 AM

Corgigal (9,042 posts)

7. My hubby's and mine

old agency. They are actually trained well, and spend money to know how to respond correctly.
Brandon Blvd is a main road that is east of downtown Tampa. Thankfully no one was injured.
They have cameras on everyone, and a giant screen in the 911 center to see everything.

Reply to this post

Response to Corgigal (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 11:58 AM

cinematicdiversions (1,969 posts)

10. We talk about Fox an rightfully so but I think anyone who consumes

Endless cable news is suffering mentally from a bizarre view of the world.

I live in a quiet working class/middle class neighborhood but if you were to read our Nextdoor you would think we were in Mad Max.

Reply to this post

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

brewens This message was self-deleted by its author.

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:34 AM

Demovictory9 (26,683 posts)

9. I've pasted some good cop news in the past but not recently... need to do it more often

Reply to this post

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 12:29 PM

David__77 (21,038 posts)

11. "artificial and often racist view of the police"?

Does this refer to the view that police are committing racist actions?

I don’t think this is just a matter of the killings.

Reply to this post

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 01:58 PM

Midnight Writer (15,730 posts)

12. "ran out of bullets"? Were his rights to unlimited armaments being violated?

Conservatives should look into this. A man with only 15 rounds of ammo is hardly a man at all. No wonder the poor guy went off.

Reply to this post

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 02:13 PM

ARandomPerson (2,360 posts)

13. Thank you for posting this.

Too often at DU, there is a reflexive idea (among a vocal few) that police love to kill people -- especially black people . Other DU members are too intimidated to counter this (allegedly) progressive attitude with counterexamples.

If a gunman is killed by police, there will inevitably be posters who will proclaim that *obviously* he was black. Whereas a gunman taken into custody alive will *obviously* be white. If you look at the actual numbers, this is not true. In fact, whether black suspects are more likely (in a statistical sense) than white suspects to be killed rather than taken into custody is an open question, subject to variables on which we don't have good data. It's not well established by empirical evidence.

Reply to this post

General Discussion (Forum)