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GILCHRIST COUNTY, Fla. (WFTV) - A vigil was held Friday night for two fallen deputies with the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office.
"Tonight is about remembering the heroes. It's about loving the families," said Newberry Mayor Jordan Marlow. "So it is hard to fight off the rage, but tonight is about loving who's here in front of us."
A man fired through the window of a restaurant and fatally shot two Florida deputies Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
Gilchrist County Sheriff Bobby Schultz said during a news conference that Sgt. Noel Ramirez, 30, and Deputy Taylor Lindsey, 25, were killed in Trenton.
Schultz said the deputies were getting food at the Ace China restaurant when the shooter walked up to the building and fired at them through a window. Fellow deputies responding to the scene found the shooter dead outside the business.
Schultz said he had nothing to say about the "coward" gunman, who he believes acted alone. He also could not say how the gunman died.
“The world is full of cowards and the world is full of heroes. We need to highlight those heroes and what they gave,” Schultz said.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement later identified the shooter as John Highnote, 59, of Bell.
No other details were released about the gunman and a motive remains unclear.
Schultz described the deputies as "the best of the best."
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