Bradenton, Fla.-(Newsradio 970 WFLA)-A Manatee County deputy is on administrative leave after shooting and killing a man who said he had a gun.
Deputies say it all started with a domestic situation at a gas station on Cortez Road, West. When deputies arrived to talk with the man involved, 38 year-old Corey Mobley took off.
Deputies caught up with Mobley on 6th Avenue, West, where he told deputies he had a gun. A deputy opened fire when Mobley started to put his hand inside his pocket. Sheriff Rick Wells says Mobley did not have a gun, but his deputy thought Mobley was going for a gun.
The deputy who shot Mobley is on paid administrative leave.