Detectives: Gunman killed Florida trooper without warning
He called for a tow truck to assist Reed, who had no criminal record and a concealed weapons permit. Bullock remained with Reed for the next hour without apparent incident before the tow truck arrived. As the tow truck driver hooked up Reed's SUV, Bullock went back to his patrol car and sat in the driver's seat. Reed pulled a gun and shot Bullock and then turned his gun on the tow truck driver, but it jammed, Snyder said. Snyder said Headings shot Reed in the chest, a wound that would have been fatal if Reed hadn't then shot himself in the head, dying instantly.
Family wants answers in man’s death after Florida trooper killed
They say Reed, 30, had a concealed weapons permit, a college degree, no criminal record and no history of mental illness. After several minutes, authorities say, Reed pulled his gun and fatally shot Bullock, 42, who was a 19-year FHP veteran. He has been placed on administrative leave while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates Reed's death. “People were jumping up and down," Watson told the Palm Beach Post. "The scene was kind of chaotic.”He pulled into the median, grabbed his medical bag from his trunk and ran across the interstate just as Headings shot Reed.
Man accused of killing Florida trooper identified
According to multiple media reports, officials on Thursday identified the man who they say shot and killed the trooper as 28-year-old Franklin Reed III. He said a passing police officer from Riviera Beach fatally shot Reed. He was always positive.”RELATED: Florida Highway Patrol honors trooper killed on I-95 in line of dutyBryan said the two have remained friends ever since then. Riviera Beach is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from Palm City. Spaulding said Bullock is the 49th Florida trooper to die in the line of duty since the agency was founded 80 years ago.
FHP: Trooper shot, killed by disabled motorist on I-95
PALM CITY, Fla. – A veteran Florida Highway Patrol trooper who stopped to assist a disabled motorist on Interstate 95 in Martin County on Wednesday was shot and killed by a person who was with that vehicle, according to the FHP. The Florida Highway Patrol identified the trooper killed as Joseph Bullock, a 19-year veteran who worked his entire career in the Fort Pierce area. “Trooper Bullock was a leader within the Florida Highway Patrol and his troop,” Col. Gene Spaulding, director of the FHP, said at a late-afternoon news conference. The entire Florida Highway Patrol and FLHSMV family mourns today for the loss of one of our own, FHP Trooper Joseph Bullock. pic.twitter.com/kQ8zO0mVGF — FLHSMV (@FLHSMV) February 5, 2020All lanes of I-95 were closed near mile marker 107 between Martin Highway and Kanner Highway until after 5 p.m. while law enforcement investigated the shootings.