Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Lane Morgan Caviness
Age : 48
Gender : Male
Race : White
Date : 08/10/2022
Location : 94825 Overseas Hwy
City : Key Largo
County : Monroe
State : Florida
Agency : Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/10/2022, at approximately 10:42 a.m., Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the Key Largo Ocean Resort near Mile Marker 94.8 after receiving a 911 call reporting that 48-year-old Lane Morgan Caviness was intoxicated, armed, and suicidal. Caviness was a commercial airline pilot participating in the Transportation Security Administration's Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program, which authorizes selected pilots to carry firearms to defend aircraft. Initial reports incorrectly described him as an off-duty federal law enforcement officer, a characterization later clarified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Deputies contacted Caviness, who told them by telephone that he was intoxicated and prepared to confront law enforcement. He first stepped onto a balcony carrying a handgun and, after deputies ordered him to drop it, complied before returning inside. A short time later, he reappeared carrying an AR-15-style rifle and pointed it toward deputies. Four Monroe County Sheriff's deputies fired their service weapons, striking Caviness. Deputies immediately rendered medical aid and applied tourniquets until fire rescue personnel arrived, but Caviness was pronounced dead at the scene.
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay publicly characterized the encounter as an apparent "suicide by cop" and requested that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement conduct an independent investigation into the shooting.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://apnews.com/article/shootings-florida-febc48a38ce05122598a0596ba1cdf6b
