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Police Shoot Black Armed Robber

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Channel: Police Shooting Criminals TV · 2016 · Entertainment

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The video shows deputies confronting the suspect outside a Winn-Dixie on North Main Street after 3 p.m. May 12. When deputies order the suspect to keep his hands visible and stand in front of a patrol car, he appears to back away, reach for his pocket and pull out a gun.

deputies, then one of them can be heard shouting, "I will [expletive] kill you," and both deputies open fire. Then the suspect -- later identified as Yowab Ben-Israel, 46, of Gainesville -- collapses in the parking lot.

Ben-Israel, who was wounded by three of 11 shots fired, was hospitalized following the shooting, but survived. He's charged with armed robbery, assault on a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, all felonies, Alachua County court records show.

Ben-Israel had allegedly robbed a nearby post office at gunpoint and then rode off on a bike just minutes before the shooting, according to the Gainesville Police Department.

Deputies called to help police spotted a suspect matching his description near a bike outside the grocery store and the armed confrontation unfolded, police said.

The video became public after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the 8th Circuit State Attorney's Office completed their investigations into the shooting, clearing both deputies involved, authorities told First Coast News.

Ben-Israel is due in court Oct. 5, according to court records.

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