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<\/p>\nVIDEO: Florida deputy survives after body-worn camera struck by bullet<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIMPACTING YOUR WALLET. WE ARE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A DEPUTY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF SAID 31 YEAR OLD LUIS DIAZ POLANCO DID AN AI SEARCH ASKING IF HE COULD KILL SOMEONE IF THEY VISIT HIS PROPERTY. THIS WAS JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME IN DELTONA. OFFICIALS SAY POLANCO\u2019S MOM SAYS HE IS SCHIZOPHRENIC. WESH 2 NEWS HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME IS LIVE AT THE SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE THIS EVENING. AND HAYLEY, YOU HAVE BEEN PORING THROUGH BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF THAT SHOOTING. YEAH. THAT\u2019S RIGHT. AND BEFORE PEOPLE WATCHED SOME OF THAT VIDEO, WE SHOULD WARN THEM. SOME OF IT IS DISTURBING. WE SHOULD SAY THAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO FROM THE DEPUTY THAT WAS SHOT, DEPUTY JOSE RIVERA, THAT STILL HASN\u2019T BEEN RECOVERED BECAUSE THAT BODY CAMERA WAS HIT BY A BULLET. NOW, WE DID GET SOME GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. DEPUTY RIVERA IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL TOMORROW. THESE ARE THE MOMENTS AFTER DEPUTY JOSE RIVERA AND DEPUTY JACOB GOMEZ LOPEZ APPROACHED THE FRONT DOOR OF 31 YEAR-OLD LUIS DIAZ POLANCO, RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT AN INCIDENT EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN POLANCO ALLEGEDLY JUMPED ON THE HOOD OF A WOMAN\u2019S CAR. ONE THING THEY DID NOT KNOW OR ANTICIPATE WAS A VANDALISM CALL KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, WHICH THEY HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO, WOULD END UP IN A BARRAGE OF GUNFIRE. RIVERA\u2019S BODY CAMERA WAS STRUCK, POSSIBLY SAVING HIS LIFE. BUT THAT VIDEO HASN\u2019T BEEN RECOVERED. THE TRAIL OF SHELLS FROM THE FRONT DOOR TO WHERE YOU SEE DEPUTY RIVERA LEANING ON THE CAR, WOULD INDICATE HE FIRED AT HIM AND FOLLOWED HIM DOWN THAT DRIVEWAY. IN BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM OTHER DEPUTIES, YOU SEE A TOURNIQUET BEING APPLIED TO DEPUTY RIVERA. WE NEED TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE. WE\u2019RE GOING TO GET YOU. HE\u2019S RUSHED INTO A PATROL CAR. RIVERA WAS HIT IN THE SHOULDER AND THE LEG. DEPUTIES RUSHED HIM TO A HOSPITAL IN DELTONA. OFFICER SHOT ONE IN THE LEG, ONE IN THE ARM. WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING, DEPUTIES BACK AT THE HOME WERE TAKING POLANCO INTO CUSTODY. GET HIM IN THIS CAR OVER HERE. ONCE IN CUSTODY, THE SHERIFF SAID POLANCO TALKED. THE DEPUTIES CAME UP TO THE HOUSE. HE HAD EVERY INTENTION TO SHOOT THEM, SHOOT THEM IN THEIR VEST. AND IF I DIDN\u2019T RUN OUT OF AMMUNITION, I WOULD HAVE KILLED THEM ALL. BUT RIVERA SURVIVED. THE SHERIFF SAID HE\u2019S EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY. ALONG WITH THAT PHYSICAL TRAUMA, THE SHERIFF SAID THE INCIDENT HAS TAKEN AN EMOTIONAL TOLL ON EVERYONE INVOLVED. THE EASY PART IS GOING TO BE THE PHYSICAL WOUNDS THEY\u2019RE GOING TO HEAL, BUT ALL OF US ON THE COMMAND STAFF HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH EVERY ONE OF THOSE DEPUTIES THAT WERE OUT THERE WHO\u2019S APPLYING TOURNIQUETS, WHO WAS FIRST AID, WHO LOADED THEM IN THE CAR TO GO AIR ONE CREW. EVERYBODY IS HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS. AND AND THAT\u2019S AND THAT\u2019S WHAT OUR JOB IS. OUR JOB IS TO GET THEM OVER THE HUMP. NOW, THE SHERIFF SAID TODAY THAT ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS IS NOW INVOLVED. LOOKING INTO THE GUN THAT WAS USED IN THE SHOOTING AND WHERE IT CAME FROM. THE SHERIFF SAID THE POLANCO SAID HE GOT IT OFF OF A PERSON IN SANFORD, BUT THE SHERIFF SAID THAT GUN WAS NEVER REPORTED STOLEN. NOW, AT THIS POINT, THE SUSPECT HE IS BEING HE\u2019S FACING CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. HE IS BEING HELD ON NO BOND. COVERING VOLUSIA COUNTY, LIVE IN DELTONA. HAYLEY CROMBLEHOLME WESH TWO NEWS. POLANCO FACED A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME EARLIER TODAY. THE JUDGE REJECTED THE PUBLIC DEFENDER\u2019S REQUEST TO GRANT POLANCO A $500,000 BOND WITH GPS MONITORING. A NEIGHBOR TOLD WESH TWO POLANCO WAS LIVING WITH HIS MOM AND THEY HAD ONLY LIVED THERE ABOUT THREE MONTHS. AFTER HEARING SEVERAL GUNSHOTS. THAT NEIGHBOR, REESE SMITH, SAYS HE RAN TO SHELTER WITH HIS TWO KIDS INSIDE HIS HOME. HE SHOWED WESH 2 HOW THE DEPUTIES EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE WITH POLANCO DAMAGED HIS TRUCK. DEPUTIES TOOK OFF THIS WAY, AND THEY USED MY VEHICLE AS PROTECTION, AND I GOT A COUPLE BULLET HOLES IN MY TRUCK. MY WIFE\u2019S CAR GOT GRAZED UP AT THE TOP. AS POLANCO WALKED BACK TO THE JAIL, HE COULD BE HEARD TELLING HIS ATTORNEY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, QUOTE, I NEED TO TALK TO MY\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
VIDEO: Florida deputy survives after body-worn camera struck by bullet<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:46 AM EST Mar 4, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n