{"id":342926,"date":"2026-07-17T00:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342926\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T00:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:58:18","slug":"1-man-killed-2-florida-deputies-hospitalized-after-being-shot-in-face-and-neck-in-ambush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342926\/","title":{"rendered":"1 man killed, 2 Florida deputies hospitalized after being shot in face and neck in ambush"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSKIN, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man is dead, and two Florida deputies were hospitalized after authorities said they were shot in the neck and face during an ambush<\/a> Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

“Our suspect ambushed our deputies from the moment they arrived on scene. He was intent on taking the life of a deputy,” Hillsborough County<\/a> Sheriff Chad Chronister said during a news conference.<\/p>\n

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/a>, the incident began Wednesday night after a woman reported her ex-boyfriend held her hostage by zip-tying her legs, gagging her, holding her at gunpoint and threatening to kill her.<\/p>\n

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The following morning, the woman woke up and realized she was no longer restrained. She told her ex-boyfriend she had an appointment she could not miss, and he agreed to let her leave. She then drove to an HCSO district office seeking help.<\/p>\n

Deputies identified the suspect as Chris Machowski and located him at a residence on Shell Point Road in Ruskin. They used a drone to monitor his movements before moving in to make an arrest.<\/p>\n

Chronister said that as deputies approached, Machowski walked to his van, opened the side door and began firing. One deputy was met with what the sheriff described as a barrage of gunfire while getting out of his patrol vehicle, with bullets striking the vehicle and hitting him in the face.<\/p>\n

Machowski then opened fire on a second deputy, shooting him in the neck. Chronister said the deputy was never able to get out of his patrol vehicle. A third deputy returned fire, striking Machowski multiple times, according to the sheriff’s office. <\/p>\n

Both deputies shot were medevaced by helicopter to Tampa General Hospital. Scene video shared by the sheriff’s office shows a helicopter flying the two deputies away. <\/p>\n

Machowski was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. Investigators later determined he had a prior felony conviction for tampering with physical evidence.<\/p>\n

“Our suspect’s reign of terror ended today because of the training, the bravery and heroic actions of each of these deputies,” Chronister said.<\/p>\n

The two injured deputies remained hospitalized Thursday at Tampa General Hospital. Chronister said both were speaking after the shooting and were grateful to be alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RUSKIN, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man is dead, and two Florida deputies were hospitalized after authorities said they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-342926","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\/342926","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=342926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}