Deputies shot, killed man who hit grandmother with car in Winter Haven: PCSO

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deputy-involved shooting that ended with a 19-year-old suspect dead in Winter Haven.

Sheriff Grady Judd said there was a "disturbance" between a man and his grandmother around 9:30 p.m. on Friday in the Oakwood Estates neighborhood off of Spirit Lake Road.

According to Judd, 19-year-old Henry Maynard went into a rage over a melted candy bar. The sheriff says Maynard was at his grandmother's house when he fell asleep.

While the teen was sleeping, his grandmother bought him an Almond Joy candy bar and sat it on the computer, according to investigators.

"When he woke up, it had melted. He went into a rage. He ran from there," said Judd.

According to Judd, he ran 0.8 miles to his parent's house, which is where he got into an unregistered car and went back to his grandmother's. Maynard didn't have a driver's license, according to PCSO.

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"The grandmother called the parents and said he's here in the car, and he's in a rage. The parents rushed over there. Now, in the meantime, he dials 911. He tells the operator he's about to commit a crime, and he needs to be able to escape. So our deputy responds," explained the sheriff.

Judd says Maynard's grandmother was trying to stop him from leaving when he put the car in reverse and knocked her down with a door and drug her. 

Moments later, Maynard sped past his parents and drove at Deputy Sheriff Christian Quattlebaum who was responding to the scene and T-boned him. According to a neighbor, Maynard jumped out of the car in an absolute rage, ran to the driver's side door of the deputy's vehicle and started yanking on it till it came open and started climbing inside.

"As soon as he rammed our deputy’s vehicle extremely hard, he jumped out. There was a confrontation. And the deputy shot the suspect, who is deceased at the scene," Judd said.

Deputy Quattlebaum is 26 years old and has been with PCSO for 4.5 years. 

Judd told FOX 13 that the 19-year-old was arrested six years ago in Polk County for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. His mother is a detention deputy in Polk County and his father is a nurse that works in the Polk County jail system, according to Judd.

Maynard's grandmother was taken to Lakeland Regional Hospital with a broken arm and is expected to survive, according to the sheriff's office. The deputy who was involved is being treated at the hospital for injuries he received after being confronted by Maynard.

The Officer Involved Deadly Incident Task Force for the 10th Judicial Circuit is investigating.

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