BRIAN ROBERT LITZ

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 50-W: 24
Department: Marion County, Florida, S.O.
End of Watch: February 7, 2004
Cause: SHOT
Age: 36
Years of Service: 9
Description: Deputy Litz and fellow deputies conducted a well-being check on an elderly citizen. A local man was worried about his 74 year-old father whom he had not heard from in two days. When Deputy Litz arrived at the residence he found the suspect talking erratically and very argumentative. The suspect produced a gun and shot Deputy Litz several times, including a fatal shot to his head. The suspect was also shot and killed in this incident.
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