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Aug. 4, 2010 — Brooksville

Keith Matthew Ritchie, 39, was wanted for questioning related to a domestic battery.

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When Brooksville police attempted to stop him, he pulled a gun, fired several shots toward an officer and fled into the woods.

A Hernando sheriff’s canine found Ritchie behind a shed in the backyard of a home. Ritchie shot the dog and pointed the gun at his head when he was surrounded by officers and deputies. Read more

He then pointed the gun at officers, who opened fire, killing him.

This was the 62nd police shooting in Florida in 2010.

Two days earlier, two officers shot one person in Spring Hill .

Four days later, one officer shot one person in Lake Wales .

7 ways this case compares to others

  1. Ritchie was armed with a firearm. That’s true of almost half the people shot.
  2. Ritchie was involved in a domestic disturbance, a factor in 115 cases.
  3. Ritchie told someone that he wanted officers to kill him. That preceded 10 percent of police shootings.
  4. Ritchie was fleeing from police or a crime scene, which is true in a quarter of shootings.
  5. Officers was chasing Ritchie on foot before shooting him. Officers shot 105 people during foot pursuits.
  6. Ritchie showed signs of mental instability. Almost a third of all shootings involved someone who appeared mentally unstable.
  7. Ritchie pointed a weapon at officers. Twenty-eight percent of shootings involved people who police say pointed a weapon at them.

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