LUTZ, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A late-night neighborhood call turned into an aerial standoff after deputies say three Florida teens pointed BB guns at the sheriff’s office’s helicopter.<\/p>\n
Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office say they responded around 1:40 a.m. Saturday to the area of East 148th Avenue in Lutz after a caller reported seeing three people walking through the neighborhood carrying what appeared to be firearms.<\/p>\n
When the agency\u2019s Aviation Unit arrived, pilots located the three individuals, deputies said. Authorities said the teens pointed the apparent weapons directly at the helicopter before entering a nearby home.<\/p>\n
Deputies on the ground gave commands for 19-year-old Jertrell Hamilton, 15-year-old Javis Hamilton, and 15-year-old Brayden Eason to come out of the residence. All three complied without incident, according to investigators.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, deputies determined the weapons were BB guns.<\/p>\n
All three teens were arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister explained the seriousness of the situation:<\/p>\n
Our deputies make split-second decisions every day to protect this community, and we have zero tolerance for anyone who points what appears to be a weapon at them, whether they’re on the ground or in the air. If you aim what looks like a rifle at one of our deputies or our Aviation Unit, expect our immediate response and to be held fully accountable for your actions.<\/p>\n
Deputies say the investigation remains active at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUTZ, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A late-night neighborhood call turned into an aerial standoff after deputies say three Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-337972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337972","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=337972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}