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WEBVTT HERE ON THE NEWS HOUR AT 10:00. WESH 2'S MATT LUPOLI HAS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. >> YOU SEE THEM WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET WITH SHOTGUNS. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT. WE CAN COME OUTSIDE. YES. >> THE REPRIEVE DID NOT COME PEACEFULLY. THEY WERE FORCED TO SHIRT -- TO SHOOT AND INJURE EDDIE POWELL. FIRING OFF SHOTS AT DEPUTIES. IT SET THE STANDOFF IN MOTION. >> THEY PULLED OUT THE DOG AND THEY LEFT. THEY TOOK HIM AWAY INSTANTLY. REPORTER: THEY HEARD FIVE SHOTS. AFTER HEARING A COMMOTION IN HIS OWN BACKYARD. DEPUTIES SAI HE HOPPED DEFENSES TO GET AWAY. THEY CHASED HIM BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE GEORG >> GLAD IT IS OVER WITH. ALL OF THE OFFICERS GET TO GO HOME. >> FIREFIGHTERS LET -- HAVE A SMALL MEMORIAL. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING ON WARRANTS FOR CHARGES.

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A man wanted in connection with the shooting and killing of a K-9 officer Tuesday night has been wounded but is now in custody. The intense search lasted nearly 20 hours and had a Deltona neighborhood on edge. Overnight, officers from multiple agencies worked a perimeter around a wooded area in Vann Park, where the suspect was believed to have been hiding. Describing the events that led to the suspect's capture, Sheriff Ben Johnson said officers nearly stepped on the man, identified as Eddie Powell, before he jumped up and fled. Johnson said preliminary reports indicate the suspect was reaching for a firearm, at which point a SWAT officer opened fire on him. "He reached as though going for a firearm. At that time the officer fired, striking him multiple times. A firearm was recovered where he fell," Johnson said. A firearm and cellphone were recovered where Powell fell, Johnson said. Powell was taken from the scene and being treated for multiple gunshot wounds. According to authorities, earlier Tuesday evening, deputies tried to stop Powell, who they said was driving recklessly on a bike, but he took off. The bike was later found abandoned nearby. As deputies made contact with people inside a house on Wing Terrace, where Powell was believed to have been hiding, they heard someone jump the fences outside. Around 8 p.m., a perimeter was set up, and officers were using K-9 officer Forrest to track the suspect, when the suspect opened fire. Deputies shot back. The dog, struck by gunfire, was rushed to an animal hospital in DeLand but died as a result of the shooting, Johnson said. The sheriff's office assembled a large-scale operation to capture Powell, using crews on the ground and via helicopter. "We are very happy to say that he is in custody, everybody involved is in custody and this is over," Johnson said.