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Man shot dead by cops after burning 9-year-old boy he thought was ‘possessed by a demon’
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0:50Now PlayingA convicted felon has been shot dead by law enforcement after attacking a Florida deputy with a rod and burning his girlfriend’s 9-year-old son because he believed the child was “possessed by a demon,” authorities said.
First responders who arrived in the city of Sebring for a report of a suspicious roadside debris fire around 4 pm Tuesday were confronted by 39-year-old Richard Ham brandishing a pair of metal poles, according to a press release from the Highland County Sheriff’s Office.
Ham and his girlfriend, Lakenya Phillips, 30, had been torching the possessions of the woman’s 9-year-old son, whom the man thought to be “possessed by a demon.”
Witnesses told investigators that Ham pushed the boy into the fire and covered him with a flaming blanket, but the child managed to escape without serious injuries.
Deputies who raced to the scene ordered Ham to surrender, but he allegedly refused to comply with their commands, prompting them to taser him.
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