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Antonio Austin Haner
Age : 29
Gender : Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 08/08/2026
Location : Residence adjacent to Richbourg School
City : Crestview
County : Okaloosa
State : Florida
Agency : Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Killed by police during warrant service and SWAT operation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/08/2026, shortly before 5:30 a.m., Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies and its Special Response Team went to a residence adjacent to Richbourg School in the Crestview area to serve a search warrant, an arrest warrant, and a risk protection order on a 29-year-old man. Escambia County Sheriff’s Office personnel assisted in the operation. The arrest warrant accused the man of discharging a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school and discharging a firearm in a residential neighborhood. Sheriff Eric Aden said deputies sought the risk protection order following what the Sheriff’s Office characterized as escalating behavior involving firearms.
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According to Aden, the Sheriff’s Office believed before serving the warrants that the man was armed. Police alleged that during the operation the man came out of the residence and fired multiple rounds. Aden said gunfire struck sheriff’s SWAT vehicles, nearby homes, and Richbourg School. The Sheriff’s Office also alleged that earlier in the week the man had displayed a high-powered rifle outside his residence and fired rounds in the neighborhood.
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Significantly, Aden said the deputies did not return gunfire. Instead, he said the Special Response Team used “SWAT resources” to “disable” the man. Reporting from the scene showed extensive damage, including a large hole in the front of the residence, but authorities have not yet publicly explained precisely what SWAT weapon, vehicle, device, or tactic caused the man’s fatal injuries. Deputies subsequently provided lifesaving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the death. Because the Sheriff’s Office specifically states that deputies did not shoot the man, the exact mechanism and medical cause of his death remain important outstanding issues for the FDLE investigation and subsequent medical examiner findings.