{"id":364774,"date":"2026-08-06T23:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364774\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:38:10","slug":"florida-deputies-shoot-and-kill-teen-who-tried-to-stab-his-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/364774\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida deputies shoot and kill teen who tried to stab his father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Palm Beach County deputies shoot and kill 18-year-old engaged in violent struggle with his father<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786059489_489_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"John Iz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Palm Beach County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is investigating a deputy-involved shooting tonight off of Vista Parkway in Palm Beach County. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Deputies responded to a home at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday for a welfare check on an 18-year-old whose mother had reported was acting strangely. The home is in the Emerald Dunes Golf Club community. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Once inside the home, deputies observed the 18-year-old holding a knife and engaged in a violet struggle with his father. According to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, who held a press conference near the scene, deputies first tried using a taser to break up the fight but it did not function properly.  When it appeared that the son was about to stab his father, a deputy opened fire.  <\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d758a750-2fc0-4a6e-979f-9eb4a3c7ddd4.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/d758a750-2fc0-4a6e-979f-9eb4a3c7ddd4.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The 18-year-old died. Two deputies have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation, which is standard procedure in deputy-involved shootings.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Stay up to date: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Your neighborhood: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/local-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Palm Beach County deputies shoot and kill 18-year-old engaged in violent struggle with his father PALM BEACH COUNTY,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-364774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364774","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=364774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}