Cpl. William Pschigoda is in stable condition at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers.
Reports give this account of what happened:
Deputies responded to a report of a residential burglary in progress at Thomasson and Outer drives at 1:02 p.m. Witnesses said one suspect was fleeing on foot and a second suspect had gotten into a light green Cadillac. Witnesses also were able to provide deputies with a license plate number.
A deputy in an unmarked CCSO vehicle spotted the suspect’s vehicle at Outer Drive and Rose Avenue. The car pulled into a driveway of a duplex at 4020 Rose Ave. The deputy got out of his vehicle and confronted the driver of the Cadillac. The driver of the Cadillac then backed up, hit the deputy’s vehicle and drove around the duplex. Along the way he drove over a chain-link fence and a swing set. He turned onto Normandy Drive and then onto Mindi Avenue, where deputies had converged. He hit several CCSO patrol cars before coming to a stop on Mindi.
Pschigoda walked up to the vehicle and initiated contact with the suspect. The suspect took off, dragging Pschigoda for a couple of blocks.
Another deputy, Cpl. David Dean Ramos, fearing that the suspect posed an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm to the deputy being dragged and others at the scene, discharged his weapon but did not hit the suspect. It appears that all policies and procedures were followed, but per agency policy the discharge of Ramos’ weapon will be investigated.
The suspect in the vehicle was apprehended after the Cadillac came to a stop at Rose Avenue and Outer Drive.
The other suspect, who was on foot, was apprehended at Pine Street and Becca Avenue.
The suspects are going through the booking process. Their names and charges will be released as soon as they are available.
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Blanco-Rodriguez, Oscar
