Deputies tried to contact the folks inside the house for about an hour earlier than Grasp Deputy Sheriff Bradley Michael Hyperlink, 28, and Deputy Harold Howell, 41, entered the house.
Physique digicam footage reveals Hyperlink walked by a laundry room and right into a hallway, the place a person in what gave the impression to be physique armor and armed with a rifle sitting on a sofa, was “ready to ambush” the deputies, Grinnell mentioned.
Hyperlink didn’t see the person, believed to be Sulpizio’s husband, Michael Sulpizio, and turned the opposite method earlier than a hail of gunfire erupted, placing Hyperlink within the again a number of instances, officers mentioned.
A bullet additionally hit Howell within the wrist, as Michael Sulpizio continued to shoot at Hyperlink, who unsuccessfully tried to crawl to security, the sheriff mentioned. Throughout this time, one other perpetrator within the dwelling reportedly started firing at deputies exterior the house.