{"id":29735,"date":"2025-12-02T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=29735"},"modified":"2025-12-02T11:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T11:46:51","slug":"tragedy-strikes-officer-dead-two-injured-during-attempt-to-remove-womans-son-what-went-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=29735","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes: Officer Dead, Two Injured During Attempt to Remove Woman\u2019s Son \u2013 What Went Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The knock on the door was supposed to end in paperwork, not gunfire.<br \/>\nMinutes later, a Florida deputy lay dying on a suburban lawn.<br \/>\nA mother\u2019s eviction request, a son with a troubled past, and a sudden explosion of bullets shattered a quiet Vero Beach street\u2014and a family, a sheriff\u2019s office, and a community are now left asking how a \u201croutine\u201d call turned so horri\u2026\u00a0<strong>Continues\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Six days before Thanksgiving, Indian River County Deputy Terri Mashkow walked up to a Vero Beach home to do what she had done countless times before: serve an eviction and keep the peace.<\/p>\n<p>Within moments, that ordinary duty became her final act of service. 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