A 21-year-old deputy in central Florida was killed early Tuesday morning while serving a felony drug warrant.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office identified Blane Lane as the slain deputy. He was sworn into the department on Jan. 18 of this year.
NBC affiliate WESH-TV reports the shooting took place in Polk City around 3 a.m., when the deputy was one of four responding to a failure to appear on a felony meth warrant.
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"They entered the trailer successfully, shots were fired and ultimately one of our very young deputies, 21 years of age, he's been with us a short period of time, died at Lakeland Regional Medical Center," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.
Judd did not provide additional details.
The deputy's body was later taken from the hospital to the Medical Examiner's Office in Winter Haven.
