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April 1, 2010 — Bonita Springs

Four Lee County deputies arrived at a home to investigate reports of an armed man.

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Patrick Green reported that Timothy Baum, 54, had threatened him with a gun over personal matters.

Cpl. David Rieser saw Baum walking toward deputies with a handgun. Rieser said that he told Baum to lower his handgun but Baum instead began raising it toward him. Read more

Reiser fired, striking Baum once in the chest. He died at the scene.

This was the 25th police shooting in Florida in 2010.

One day earlier, one officer shot one person in Lakeland .

Eight days later, one officer shot one person in Winter Park .

4 ways this case compares to others

  1. Baum did not immediately comply with police instruction, a factor in nearly a quarter of shootings.
  2. Baum was armed with a firearm. That’s true of almost half the people shot.
  3. Baum was involved in a domestic disturbance, a factor in 115 cases.
  4. Baum pointed a weapon at officers. Twenty-eight percent of shootings involved people who police say pointed a weapon at them.

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