Bradley Michael Link
Master Deputy Sheriff Brad Link was shot and killed when he and other deputies responded to a disturbance at a home on Brookside Drive near County Road 439 in Eustis.
As deputies responded to the initial 911 call, they were directed to a second nearby house. When they arrived at that location, they discovered a door had been kicked in and they could hear yelling inside. As they entered the home a subject inside opened fire on them from ambush. Deputy Link was shot and became trapped inside. Two other deputies were wounded, one critically, during the incident and subsequent attempt to rescue Deputy Link.
Two people were found dead inside the home and a third was transported to a local hospital with a gunshot wound.
Deputy Link was a U.S. Army Reserves veteran. He had served with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office for 4-1/2 years and had previously served with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for two years. He had also served as an Explorer with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office as a teenager. He is survived by his wife.