
Deadly force
After a domestic violence call just before midnight, Winter Garden officers found Margaret Gibbs at her neighbor's house where she ran to to call the police. Margaret claimed that her husband Harry Guest Gibbs had tried to smother her. She told the officers that her husband experienced pain medication withdrawals and had been drinking all night. Margaret also told the police that her husband had a shotgun in their house. When the officers found Harry Gibbs, he was standing in the doorway with a shotgun. When he pointed it at the officers, Sgt. James Capeletti fired five shots, killing him.
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