UPDATE 11/14/2008 12 NOON
EAST NAPLES, Fla. - Three Collier County deputies open fire on a man, they say pulled a gun on them. Then they gave the man CPR to save his life!

Deputies say they were conducting a routine traffic stop at Gulfgate Plaza early Friday morning, when a man approached them and pulled out a gun.

Deputies say they told the man to drop the weapon. Instead, he apparently pointed the gun at three deputies. They opened fire.

Authorities say the man was hit numerous times.

Deputies performed CPR until paramedics arrived.

The man is now being treated at Lee Memorial Hospital.

Investigators later discovered the man's gun was a pellet gun, which resembles a semi-automatic pistol.


UPDATE 11/14/2008 11:00AM
EAST NAPLES, Fla. - According to the Collier County Sheriff's Office, deputies were conducting a traffic stop in Gulfgate Plaza around 12:50 a.m.

During the stop and unrelated to it, a man approached them and produced a gun. Upon being ordered to drop the gun, the man instead pointed it at the three deputies. He was shot multiple times by deputies.

Deputies rendered first aid to the man until EMS arrived.

The man, whose identity is not yet available, was transported to Lee Memorial Hospital, where he is being treated.

Investigators have determined that the gun was a pellet gun that gives the appearance of a semi-automatic pistol.

The CCSO Major Crimes Unit and Professional Responsibility Bureau, along with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, are investigating.

This all happened at the Gulfgate Plaza on US 41 and Bayshore Drive.