Tuesday, September 22, 2015
SHALIMAR– UPDATE: 3pm September 22nd 2015. Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley has confirmed that Deputy Bill Myers has died from injuries in a morning shooting. The suspect, Joel Dixon Smith is also dead. Joel Dixon Smith DOB 5/18/1982, age 33, has prior arrest for Battery in Santa Rosa Beach in 2008, booking date 4/09/2008. Smith had been arrested for domestic battery in 2008, Sheriff Larry Ashley said, without providing further details. Joel Dixon Smith of 9807 Navarre Parkway in Santa Rosa County, Fl. The shooting took place outside a law office in Shalimar, Fla near Eglin AFB. Officials say Smith was supposed to surrender his firearms following a domestic violence injunction, but Smith instead shot Myers and fled to a hotel where he had been staying, the Comfort Inn and Suites in Niceville Fl where he ended up shooting it out with the SWAT team, he lost.
Investigators say Myers had just finished serving a domestic violence injunction to 33- year old Joel Dixon Smith of Navarre at Cotton and Gates Law Firm on Plew Avenue around 8:20 a.m. Deputy Myers was walking outside when he was shot multiple times in the back, including a gunshot wound to the rear of his head. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy and the suspect who shot him on Tuesday morning both have succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. Deputy Bill Myers, 64, had previously retired from law enforcement, but returned to work part-time so he could take his granddaughter to Disney World, said Sheriff Larry Ashley.
Myers was serving a domestic violence injunction to the suspect, 33-year-old Joel Dixon Smith, who responded by shooting Myers in the back multiple times. Myers was transferred to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center and urgently was rushed into surgery, but later died.Smith drove to the Comfort Inn and Suites in Niceville where he barricaded himself inside a hotel room. A SWAT team engaged Dixon, who was later killed in a shootout with authorities. “This sure sounds and looks like a violent Sovereign Citizen reaction to Law Enforcement.” Joel Dixon Smith of Navarre Fl had multiple run-ins with law enforcement in Bay County, Escambia County, Santa Rosa County (Battery Charge) and Okaloosa County Fl, mostly for not carrying drivers license, no registration and speeding violations.
“Deputy Myers has been a treasured part of this agency’s family since 1989” said Sheriff Larry Ashley. “He served this community with distinction for decades. He was loved, admired, and respected for his dedication to the law enforcement profession. He loved photography and he had an ability to make those around him smile, especially his young granddaughter who he adored and took to Disney World as often as he could.
Bill Warner Private Investigator Sarasota SEX, CRIME CHEATERS & TERRORISM at http://www.wbipi.com
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