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March 15, 2010 — Windsor

When deputies arrived, Windsor-resident Edward Thomas Frey was outside holding a gun to his chin.

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Two negotiators spoke with Frey, 57. Rhonda Frey said her husband had been drinking all day and threatened to kill them both.

Around 3:20 p.m., according to law enforcement, he stopped talking and pointed the gun at the SWAT team and other deputies. Read more

Deputies Jayson Francis and Ronald Pinkston and Sgt. Michael Rowlands fired.

Frey died at the hospital.

A grand jury cleared the officers of any wrongdoing.

This was the 17th police shooting in Florida in 2010.

13 days earlier, one officer shot one person in Gainesville .

Five days later, one officer shot one person in Jacksonville .

8 ways this case compares to others

  1. Frey did not immediately comply with police instruction, a factor in nearly a quarter of shootings.
  2. A SWAT or tactical team was involved in the incident. Tactical teams are involved in 7 percent of police shootings.
  3. Frey was armed with a firearm. That’s true of almost half the people shot.
  4. Frey was involved in a domestic disturbance, a factor in 115 cases.
  5. Frey told someone that he wanted officers to kill him. That preceded 10 percent of police shootings.
  6. Frey was drinking alcohol before being shot. That’s true in about 10 percent of police shootings.
  7. Frey showed signs of mental instability. Almost a third of all shootings involved someone who appeared mentally unstable.
  8. Frey pointed a weapon at officers. Twenty-eight percent of shootings involved people who police say pointed a weapon at them.

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