Note: this story, which first appeared in the news in February 2017, is being republished.
There will be no criminal charges brought against the bystander who shot and killed a man who was assaulting a Florida sheriff’s deputy. According to the Daily Mail, Ashad Russell has been officially cleared by the State Attorney’s Office,
When Russell, 35, witnessed Edward Strother assaulting Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy First Class Dean Bardes on Interstate 75, he intervened to save the deputy .Strother had been stopped by bardes for speeding. After that, Strother, 53, allegedly attacked Bardes, punching him repeatedly and pinning him to the road. When Russell got out of his car to assist, he was armed and had a concealed weapons license. Apparently noticing that Russell was armed, Bardes gave him the order to shoot Strother.
