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Deputy Sheriff

Brian Robert Litz

Marion County Sheriff's Office — Ocala, FL

Felonious

End of Watch February 7, 2004

Age 36

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Deputy Brian Litz was shot and killed at approximately 1:00 p.m. while making a routine well-being check on an elderly man who lived alone in a retirement community on 104th Place in Oscala.

The man's son had called the Sheriff's Office, asking the department to check on his father, who was suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. He advised that his father had a gun and stated that he had not heard from his father in two days. When Deputy Litz approached the house to check on the 74-year-old man, the man refused to respond.

One of the deputies took cover behind a post while Deputy Litz approached the front of the house in a defensive position in an attempt to get a better visual on the male. He was crouched below a row of windows when the male opened fire from above, fatally wounding him. The other deputies on the scene returned fire, killing the male.

Deputy Litz had served with the Marion County Sheriff's Office for 9 years and was a member of the K9 unit.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and 5-year-old son.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Litz gave the Marion County Sheriff's Office 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Ocala community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Litz.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Marion County Sheriff's Office

Location Ocala, FL

Platform Identity mcso.marion.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 7, 2004

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Shot and killed

Deputy Sheriff Brian Robert Litz is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 539 of 1,008 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.5% of this state's fallen. That is 0.7 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Marion County Sheriff's Office, 8 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Marion County Sheriff's Office

of 8 officers

100% Felonious

FL — Statewide

539

of 1,008 officers

53.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious