CHRISTOPHER LYND SMITH

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 11-E: 29
Department: Leon County, Florida, S.O.
End of Watch: November 22, 2014
Cause: SHOT
Age: 47
Years of Service: 18
Description: Deputy Sheriff Smith was ambushed and fatally shot as he responded to a report of a house fire. The suspect intentionally set the fire to lure and shoot first responders when they arrived at the scene. A second deputy was also shot but survived. The suspect was killed in an exchange of gunfire with officers.
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