PANAMA CITY, FLA.—A man suspected of trading wild bursts of gunfire with officers during a long standoff in the Florida Panhandle was found dead Tuesday in a gasoline-soaked apartment after an armoured vehicle approached, authorities said. He said a robot had to be deployed to check the apartment before officers could enter, finding the man dead. The standoff saw police exchanging gunfire with an assailant shooting from an elevated position with a rifle, police said. There, they said, 30-year-old Clinton Street was shot to death — and authorities said they had connected that slaying with the Panama City standoff. Rick Scott talked to Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford about the situation in Panama City.

Source: thestar May 22, 2018 19:40 UTC