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PORT ORANGE, Fla. – A Florida man is accused of ambushing a police officer after allegedly calling 911 and falsely reporting a large group of people in his yard to draw officers to his home, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Police in Port Orange said the man called 911 Sunday night claiming that about 15 unknown people were in his front yard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
When officers arrived at the home on Orange Avenue, they found 46-year-old Blake Taylor in the yard.<\/p>\n
Officers said Taylor appeared to be lying on the ground near a planter as if trying to hide in the darkness. Within seconds of their arrival, police said, Taylor opened fire.<\/p>\n
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n An officer returned fire, and police said Taylor was prevented from fleeing. Neither the officer nor Taylor was injured.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n A neighbor told reporters he heard several gunshots and looked out a window to see Taylor firing and another person returning fire.<\/p>\n “He let off like two or three more shots that I seen,” the neighbor said, adding that Taylor later lay on the ground shouting for someone to call police even though officers were already there.<\/p>\n SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n Neighbors described Taylor as a quiet person and said the behavior was unusual. One neighbor said Taylor had previously told them he was struggling with his mental health and had schizophrenia.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n Authorities arrested Taylor at the scene. He faces several charges, including attempted murder of a law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n Taylor appeared in court Monday wearing a blue protective vest, and a judge denied him bond.<\/p>\n Police also said Taylor is a convicted felon and was not legally allowed to possess a firearm, leading to an additional charge.<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written based on information shared by the Port Orange Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n Volusia County News<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ORANGE, Fla. – A Florida man is accused of ambushing a police officer after allegedly calling 911…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[630,47,28,30,29,115,628,2261],"class_list":["post-194482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-news","tag-us","tag-volusia-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}