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Misty

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We are praying for our friend, our co-worker, our community's selfless public servant as he battles for his life this morning after being shot in the line of duty. We also pray for his family and we appreciate all the prayers and support from the public and fellow law enforcement officers and other first responders during this difficult ordeal.

The suspect in this morning's shooting of an OCSO deputy is located at a room at the Comfort Inn in Niceville. The public is asked to avoid that area, 148 John Sims Parkway. The portion of the roadway in that area has been closed at this time.
 

Misty

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OCSO has released that the suspect is in custody!

Deputies with the OCSO Special Response Team exchanged gunfire with the suspect at the Comfort Inn and Suites in Niceville and he was taken into custody at 10:21 a.m.
He is being transported to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. His status is unknown. No members of the OCSO SRT Unit were injured.
The injured deputy is currently undergoing surgery at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and is in critical condition.
We want to express our sincere gratitude to the agencies that assisted us today including the Ocean City Wright Fire Department, Niceville Police Department, Shalimar Police Department, Fort Walton Beach Police Department, Florida Highway Patrol, Fish and Wildlife Commission, Walton County Sheriff's Office and others whose names we may not yet have.
 

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Misty

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Walton County Sheriff, Michael A. Adkinson, Jr.

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"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Deputy Myers and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s office. The act of one coward can never diminish a lifetime of service and commitment to a set of principles. Godspeed Deputy Myers." Walton County Sheriff Michael A. Adkinson Jr.

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Misty

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If there is any good news in this, it is that the suspect is dead also. The suspect, Joel Dixon Smith of Niceville, is also deceased after an exchange of gunfire at a hotel in Niceville.

Joel Dixon Smith DOB 5/18/1982, age 33, has prior arrest for Battery in Santa Rosa Beach in 2008, booking date 4/09/2008. Smith had been arrested for domestic battery in 2008,Sheriff Larry Ashley said, without providing further details. Joel Dixon Smith of 9807 Navarre Parkway in Santa Rosa County, Fl. The shooting took place outside a law office in Shalimar, Fla near Eglin AFB. Officials say Smith was supposed to surrender his firearms following a domestic violence injunction, but Smith instead shot Myers and fled to a hotel where he had been staying, the Comfort Inn and Suites in Niceville Fl where he ended up shooting it out with the SWAT team, he lost.

Investigators say Myers had just finished serving a domestic violence injunction to 33- year old Joel Dixon Smith of Navarre at Cotton and Gates Law Firm on Plew Avenue around 8:20 a.m. Deputy Myers was walking outside when he was shot multiple times in the back, including a gunshot wound to the rear of his head. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy and the suspect who shot him on Tuesday morning both have succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. Deputy Bill Myers, 64, had previously retired from law enforcement, but returned to work part-time so he could take his granddaughter to Disney World, said Sheriff Larry Ashley.
Myers was serving a domestic violence injunction to the suspect, 33-year-old Joel Dixon Smith, who responded by shooting Myers in the back multiple times. Myers was transferred to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and urgently was rushed into surgery, but later died.Smith drove to the Comfort Inn and Suites in Niceville where he barricaded himself inside a hotel room. A SWAT team engaged Dixon, who was later killed in a shootout with authorities.
 

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May Dixon rot in hell.........

If somebody finds out if they have a fund to donate to, please post so we can take some care of that grand daughter he was trying to.
 

Misty

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May Dixon rot in hell.........

If somebody finds out if they have a fund to donate to, please post so we can take some care of that grand daughter he was trying to.



The EMT class at NWFSC has started a gofundme account for Bills family to go to Disney. Please even if you cannot donate, please share the page so others may. thank you so much.
 
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