Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd reports deputies shot Timothy Shultz, who attacked them with shears after an alligator encounter and attempted vehicle break-in.

A man was swimming in a Central Florida lake early Sunday morning when he was attacked by an alligator, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife officials. He survived, but his arm was amputated at ...

Deputies in Florida have fatally shot a man only minutes after he survived ... An hour later Schulz was spotted swimming in an alligator-infested lake. “There’s an alligator near him, he ...

A man is dead after he was shot to death by Polk County deputies Monday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, was acting erratic when he charged at deputies while holding a ...

A man believed to be on drugs was shot and killed Monday by Florida sheriff's ... a man later identified as Schulz swimming in a lake that contained multiple alligators, Judd said.

The man had survived an apparent alligator attack ... Florida, around 6 a.m. local time on May 26. Witnesses reported seeing the man — identified as 42-year-old Timothy Schulz — swimming in a ...

Polk County, Florida ... and killed a man who charged deputies with garden shears and tried to grab a gun from a patrol vehicle, all after he was attacked by an alligator while swimming across ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A man appeared to have survived an alligator attack while swimming across a lake, then he charged deputies with a pair of shears and was shot dead, a Florida sheriff said.

The alligator's snout came out of the water, and that is when Phillip could see his wife's elbow in its mouth.