Deputy shot to death in Indian River County, others hurt

One deputy is dead and another was injured Friday morning in a shooting in Indian River County. A third person was shot and the suspect was also shot, according to Sheriff Eric Flowers.

Updated at 1 p.m.:

Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers released the following details during a press conference at noon Friday:

A woman was about to evict her son from a home in the Bermuda Club, a gated community near Vero Beach.

Three deputies and a locksmith were in the entrance of the house.

The homeowner’s son, Michael Halberstam, 33, who was facing eviction, went to get a gun in another part of the house, Flowers said.

Halberstam opened fire on two deputies as well as the locksmith, the sheriff said.

Victims of the shooting included:

• MP Terry Mashkow, 47 years old: Deceased . She worked at the IRC Sheriff’s Office for 25 years, starting as a dispatcher

• Deputy Tino Arizpe: A bullet in the shoulder; ran into the garage after being shot, but he will survive

• Locksmith (name withheld): Was also shot; At last report he was in surgery and was in critical condition

Flowers said a third deputy who was on scene was not hit by gunfire. He shot the suspect, injuring him.

Halberstam, at last report, was in surgery and in critical condition.

Flowers said the suspect’s criminal history includes a narcotics charge in 2006 and an assault (misdemeanor) charge in 2015, both out of the state of Virginia.

The sheriff said there have been seven calls to this Governors Way residence in the past month, almost all of them from the suspect’s mother.

Flowers also said the suspect was fired from his job at UPS — and also posted negative comments on a social media account about the Indian River Sheriff’s Office.

Flowers said investigators are also looking into whether Machkow’s shots hit the suspect. He said Friday’s shooting was only the second on-duty death at the Indian River Sheriff’s Office in the last 100 years.

Original story:

A deputy has been shot and killed in Indian River County, according to the mayor of Vero Beach.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, in an unrelated news conference in Crystal River, said two other law enforcement personnel were injured in Friday morning’s shooting.

Channel 9 has learned it happened at the Bermuda Club, a gated community off Highway A1A near Vero Beach.

Indian River County deputies allegedly attempted to serve an eviction notice at a residence.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey told Channel 9 that several Brevard County deputies were on their way to help.

WFTV’s Melonie Holt is also on her way to this groundbreaking story.

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