blue alert

A suspect in the shooting of a sheriff’s deputy in north Florida was killed during a shootout with a homeowner after a Blue Alert had been issued Tuesday night, officials said. Taylor County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Troy Anderson was conducting a routine traffic stop and was walking up to a vehicle when he came under fire around 10 p.m.,...

 A north Florida sheriff’s deputy who was recently shot twice during a traffic stop died Sunday afternoon. Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said via Twitter that Deputy Joshua Moyers, 29, died at a Jacksonville hospital. “Please keep Josh’s family and fiancé in your thoughts and prayers as we navigate this terrible tragedy,” Leeper said. Meanwhile hundreds of officers were...