Robert McBride

Deadly force

Robert McBride was acting strangely, and a woman he visited told dispatchers she was concerned for his safety. She said that he was unarmed. Motorists who saw McBride pacing around his air-conditioning repair van reported the behavior. Police responded and tried to talk to McBride who allegedly told them that he had a gun and charged at Alachua County sheriff's Deputies Adam Rarey and David Brown. One fired a handgun wounding McBride. The other fired a rifle. The bullet struck him in the leg hit an artery and killed him.