POINCIANA, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a press conference to speak about a deputy-involved shooting that occurred in Poinciana today. Sheriff Judd says that a deputy was ...

A man threatening to kill his wife and himself was critically wounded by a Polk County sheriff's deputy in Poinciana on June 30, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

Sheriff Grady Judd will brief the media at 5:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, June 30, 2025, from the scene of a deputy- involved shooting in Poinciana. No deputies were injured.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said a 14- and 15-year-old called law enforcement last month, making false claims about a shooting and a family’s murder at a home in Poinciana.

In a press conference Monday evening, Sheriff Grady Judd said the incident happened before noon when a deputy responded to a call of an attempted suicide where 57-year-old Wilfrido Morales was ...