{"id":342404,"date":"2026-07-16T17:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342404\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:39:59","slug":"2-hillsborough-county-deputies-shot-medevaced-to-tampa-general-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342404\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Hillsborough County deputies shot, medevaced to Tampa General Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">RUSKIN, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; Two Hillsborough County deputies were shot and medevaced to Tampa General Hospital following a deputy-involved shooting on West Shell Point Road in Ruskin, Sheriff Chad Chronister said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cTwo of our deputies shot, please pray for them!\u201d Chronister wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The suspect was also shot and is being transported to a hospital, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office said it is on the scene of the shooting on West Shell Point Road. Chronister said in a follow-up post there is no threat to public safety and that updates will be provided as they become available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/07\/16\/two-teens-arrested-after-fleeing-stolen-vehicle-entering-manatee-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/07\/16\/two-teens-arrested-after-fleeing-stolen-vehicle-entering-manatee-river\/\">Two teens arrested after in fleeing stolen vehicle, entering Manatee River<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Videos and images shared from the scene show Hillsborough County Fire Rescue personnel, an ambulance and emergency responders moving a person on a stretcher, with a medical helicopter nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The deputies\u2019 conditions, the circumstances leading up to the shooting and information about additional injuries or arrests were not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RUSKIN, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; Two Hillsborough County deputies were shot and medevaced to Tampa General Hospital following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[13580,140535,140533,48035,140534,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-342404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-chad-chronister","tag-florida-deputies-shooting","tag-hillsborough-county-deputies-shot","tag-hillsborough-county-sheriff","tag-hillsborough-county-shooting","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342404","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=342404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}