A wanted fugitive was shot and killed Wednesday morning by U.S. Marshals at a home in Flagler County, but authorities have been tight-lipped about what exactly led to the shooting.
According to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office, deputies and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were attempting to serve a fugitive warrant at a home in Espanola, near the intersection of County Road 13 and County Road 205, west of U.S. Highway 1.
During the warrant service, deputies said the U.S. Marshals shot the fugitive. The man, who was identified as 24-year-old Corey Tanner, died at the scene.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has been called in to investigate the shooting.
The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force was attempting to take Tanner into custody for his involvement in a July shooting in Bunnell. He was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated assault.
Brenda Williams, Tanner's mother, sat with friends and family, watching detectives go in and out of the crime scene on Espanola Road.
She said her son was diagnosed as being bi-polar. "He was my baby. ... He went off sometimes because when he wasn't on his medication, that's what he did. Other than that, he was pretty good."
Friends and family said a number of children were in the home when the shooting occurred and those children are who told them what happened. However, a late-afternoon statement from the U.S. Marshals Service states Tanner "was the only one in the home at the time of the shooting."