A Florida sheriff's deputy was fatally shot by his roommate, a fellow deputy, over the weekend, in what the sheriff described as a "tragic and completely avoidable loss of life." Austin Walsh, 23, was killed Saturday in Palm Bay by his roommate Andrew Lawson, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey stated Sunday in a video assertion on Fb.
The roommates, who have been taking a break from taking part in video video games with pals, have been speaking when Lawson "jokingly" pointed a handgun he although was unloaded at Walsh and pulled the set off, Ivey stated. A single spherical was fired and fatally struck Walsh, the sheriff stated.
Lawson known as 911 saying he by chance shot his roommate, Ivey stated. When officers arrived, they discovered Lawson "totally distraught and devastated."
Lawson was taken into custody on a no-bond warrant on a manslaughter cost by brokers from the Florida Division of Regulation Enforcement and transported Sunday to the Brevard County jail, Ivey stated.
"Austin and Andrew have been one of the best of pals and Andrew was fully devastated over what occurred. Even with that, there isn't a excuse for this tragic and completely avoidable loss of life," Ivey stated.
In a Fb submit, Ivey stated Walsh had labored as a member of the Brevard County Sheriff's Workplace for the reason that age of 18.
Ivey stated he cherished each Walsh and Lawson and stated each of the deputies have been "good youngsters." He known as the capturing a "clearly dumb and avoidable accident."
"People, this pointless and completely avoidably incident not solely took the lifetime of a tremendous younger man and deputy, however it has without end modified the lifetime of one other good younger man who made an especially poor and reckless choice," Ivey stated.