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

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, charged at his deputies holding a pair of garden shears after swimming across a lake where he was attacked by an alligator.

The authorities say that Timothy Schulz, 42, of Mulberry, Fla., swam across an alligator-filled lake before a violent ...

The fact that he was bitten by an alligator, significantly, and still continued his rampage, is shocking,” Polk County ...

LAKELAND, FLORIDA — A career criminal somehow survived an alligator attack, then died in a hail of bullets by deputies ...

A Florida man who was apparently bitten while swimming in alligator-infested waters Monday morning was fatally shot after, officials said, he emerged from the lake and charged at sheriff's deputies ...

Florida deputies say a bizarre incident ended in the fatal shooting of a man believed to be high on meth when he allegedly ...

A man appeared to have survived an alligator attack while swimming across a lake, then he charged deputies with a pair of ...

New details have been released about a violent alligator attack that left a woman seriously injured while kayaking in Lake ...

On Monday, May 26th, a 42-year-old man named Timothy Schulz was at the center of a dramatic and tragic incident in Lakeland, Florida. Having survived ...