{"id":50074,"date":"2021-08-16T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=50074"},"modified":"2021-08-16T17:35:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:35:26","slug":"lehigh-acres-man-faces-aggravated-assault-on-a-law-enforcement-officer-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/08\/lehigh-acres-man-faces-aggravated-assault-on-a-law-enforcement-officer-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Acres man faces aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Lehigh Acres man is facing a charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer after pointing a pistol at deputies with the intention of initiating suicide by cop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/d1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50075\" width=\"-121\" height=\"-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/d1.png 420w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/d1-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, August 15 just before 7 p.m. Lee County deputies responded to a home in the 2400 Block of Venice Avenue in Lehigh Acres for a disturbance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputies were able to quickly find the suspect, Anthony Gillam 49, at the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At approximately 10:30 p.m., deputies responded to the home a second time after a male called 911, asked for police, and hung up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputies found Gillam standing in the road outside of the home. When they approached him, Gillam moved away and pulled a pistol out of the waistband of his pants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputies immediately ordered him to drop the gun. When Gillam refused, force was used in an attempt to de-escalate the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillam continued to ignore orders to comply and pointed his pistol at deputies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One round was fired from a deputy\u2019s weapon but it missed the suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He continued resisting, and less lethal force was used again in order to take Gillam into custody. Gillam was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All deputies on scene were unharmed. A deputy has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure for all deputy-involved shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillam could face charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and resisting without violence. He has an extensive history of violent crimes, including a conviction for second-degree murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Lehigh Acres man is facing a charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer after pointing a pistol at deputies with the intention of initiating suicide by cop.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":50075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[585],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50076,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50074\/revisions\/50076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}