July 10th 2023.
Dakotah Wood, a law enforcement employee in Florida, recently committed a crime of his own. On June 30th, he called in to report a fake carjacking and blamed it on two Black men he alleged shot him. He told arriving deputies at Linda Pedersen Park in Weeki Wachee Gardens, Florida, that the two men had shown him a gun and threatened to kill him before he was shot in the thigh.
Wood further claimed that he had collected the shell casing before leaving the area to take himself to safety. He also stated that he had fired five rounds in self-defense after they shot him and believed he had hit one of the suspects.
After being taken to a local hospital, Wood quickly admitted that he had fabricated the story. He confessed that he had been "playing" with his gun while in his vehicle when it went off. He said he had lied out of fear of getting in trouble for his actions.
Though Sheriff Al Nienhuis expressed his regret for the "rare, unfortunate, and unpleasant" incident, he also reassured the public that his administration would take full accountability for Wood's actions. As a result, Wood was arrested and charged with Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence, False Reports of the Commission of Crimes, and Discharging a Firearm in Public or on Residential Property. His bond was set at $7,000.
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