Man shot after pointing gun at officer, security guard & tow truck driver at Cocoa apartment complex

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By Jason Kelly and Ashley Edlund

COCOA, Fla. — A man was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting at a Cocoa apartment complex, the Cocoa Police Department said.

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Cocoa police Chief Evander Collier IV said a police officer was called to the complex on Dixon Boulevard near Clearlake Road shortly after 3 p.m. to assist an armed security guard who was with a tow truck driver preparing to tow a vehicle.

Collier said a man then came out of an apartment and pointed a gun at the officer, security guard and tow truck driver.

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The officer and security guard started shooting at the man.

It is unknown whose bullet struck the man, who was flown to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.

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Man shot after pointing gun at officer, security guard & tow truck driver at Cocoa apartment complex A man was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting at a Cocoa apartment complex, the Cocoa Police Department said. (WFTV)

Man shot after pointing gun at officer, security guard & tow truck driver at Cocoa apartment complex A man was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting at a Cocoa apartment complex, the Cocoa Police Department said. (WFTV)

Man shot after pointing gun at officer, security guard & tow truck driver at Cocoa apartment complex A man was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting at a Cocoa apartment complex, the Cocoa Police Department said. (WFTV)

Man shot after pointing gun at officer, security guard & tow truck driver at Cocoa apartment complex A man was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting at a Cocoa apartment complex, the Cocoa Police Department said. (WFTV)

Man shot after pointing gun at officer, security guard & tow truck driver at Cocoa apartment complex A man was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting at a Cocoa apartment complex, the Cocoa Police Department said. (WFTV)

Man shot after pointing gun at officer, security guard & tow truck driver at Cocoa apartment complex A man was critically injured Thursday afternoon in a shooting at a Cocoa apartment complex, the Cocoa Police Department said. (WFTV)

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Cocoa High School delayed the release of its students because of the shooting.

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