Fla. Police Subdued Machete Swinging Man in Station

Oct. 9, 2012
A 20-year-old Fort Myers man was shot twice with stun guns and eventually subdued after swinging a machete at officers inside the Fort Myers Police Department this week.

Oct. 05--A 20-year-old Fort Myers man was shot twice with stun guns and eventually subdued after swinging a machete at officers inside the Fort Myers Police Department this week.

DeJuan Anderson's attack Wednesday was caught on security video, which was released to the public. Anderson was charged with assault on an officer, resisting arrest without violence and providing a false name to a law enforcement officer.

"Anderson did not provide police with an explanation for his actions," police said in a report.

He entered the police department at 7:22 a.m., asked to speak to an officer and sat down in the lobby.

"Two officers entered the building for unrelated business when one of them observed the man sitting in a chair armed with a silver machete," the report said.

That's when Anderson jumped up and began swinging the machete at the officers.

"The officers encouraged the man to drop the weapon while stating they could help him," the report noted. When he began advancing on them, one of the officers deployed his stun gun. But the machete cut the line between the gun and the probe that delivers the electric charge, rendering the weapon ineffective.

Another officer fired his stun gun, and the probe hit Anderson's upper torso, causing him to fall to the ground and drop the machete.

"The man continued to actively fight the officers by kicking and flailing his legs. Officers had to carry him to a patrol car to be transported to the jail," the report noted.

Chief Doug Baker praised his officers, saying in a statement that they "showed great restraint and calm in an extremely volatile situation."

Copyright 2012 - Orlando Sentinel

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