Overview
- Deputies discovered two men fatally shot on Booker Place before more gunfire at Doveland Drive and a nearby convenience store wounded a third man within roughly an hour across a half-mile area.
- As a deputy secured a scene, the suspect allegedly rammed him with an SUV and advanced with a handgun; the injured deputy fired and killed the suspect while a nearby detective also discharged his weapon.
- Authorities identified the suspect as 44-year-old Charles McCloud Jr., and investigators say he was armed with a 9mm Canik handgun.
- The two people killed were identified as Henry McLean Jr. and Francisco Pacheco, and the wounded man was named as Anthony Brown, who is expected to survive.
- The deputy suffered a compound ankle fracture, was airlifted to St. Mary’s Medical Center, and was placed on administrative leave as FDLE and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office investigate.