A Florida passerby, Ashad Russell, 35, was cleared of criminal charges after shooting and killing 53-year-old Edward Strother, who was violently attacking Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Dean Bardes on Interstate 75. The deputy had stopped Strother for speeding when the suspect allegedly pinned him to the ground and repeatedly punched him. Russell, who had a concealed weapons license, stopped to help after hearing the deputy\u2019s commands and warnings, then fired three shots when Strother refused to get off him. Prosecutors ruled that Russell was justified in using deadly force to protect the deputy from an imminent threat of serious harm. The sheriff praised Russell as a hero, although Strother\u2019s brother questioned the decision, asking whether his brother had been armed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Florida passerby, Ashad Russell, 35, was cleared of criminal charges after shooting and killing 53-year-old Edward Strother, who was violently attacking Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Dean… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n