'The investigation is still active and ongoing at this time (and) once the investigation is complete, it will be submitted to the State Attorney for review,' the statement from the Sheriff's Office added. 'This individual had absolutely no regard for human life and was focused on only one thing - killing our deputies to avoid arrest,' he explained. Ivey said of his death: 'For those out there who might be foolish enough to ask why we shot him so many times, that answer is simple - because evil can never be dead enough.' Ivey identified Wilder as a career criminal with 40 previous arrests, including 23 felony arrests for charges including robbery with a firearm, aggravated assault with a weapon, battery of a law enforcement officer, attempted first-degree murder and multiple narcotics offenses. Ivey said of the incident in a video posted to the Brevard County Sheriff's Department Facebook: 'This individual had absolutely no regard for human life and was focused on only one thing - killing our deputies to avoid arrest as he knew he was facing several minimum mandatory prison sentences in his pending cases' Thoman is then seen firing multiple rounds, killing Wilder, 'thus eliminating the threat and saving Deputy Potter's life,' Ivey said. Ivey said Wilder 'fired numerous rounds at our deputies' and 'used the butt of the rifle to violently and repeatedly strike Deputy Potters in the head, causing significant injuries and lacerations'. The suspect then ambushes Potters from behind, beating him with the gun and knocking him to the ground. Wilder runs towards the deputies and they try to take cover behind the sheriff's car. 'I've been hit,' Potters shouts as Wilder starts hopping on one foot, appearing to have been shot too. Potters is then seen running away from the gunman as Wilder takes cover behind the car and continues shooting. Ivey suggested Wilder was 'avoiding arrest as he knew he was facing several minimum mandatory prison sentences in his pending cases'. Wilder was out on bond for two felony drug charges and two active felony warrants when the shooting happened. 'He (Potters) is immediately and without warning ambushed with a small stock AR-15-styled rifle that is pointed and fired directly at him,' Sheriff Wayne Ivey said in the video.
He was out on bond for two felony drug charges and two active felony warrants when the shooting happened.
Paris Wilder (pictured) was a career criminal with 40 previous arrests.
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