Aaron Phillips
Male, White
Date of the incident: 1/15/2020
Mulberry, Polk, FL
198 Regel Loop
198 Regel Loop
About 11 a.m., an officer was surveilling a truck with someone inside who was wanted on several felony warrants and followed the vehicle into the parking lot of a business. At that time, two unmarked Plant City Police vehicles tried to stop the truck. The driver tried to get away by ramming both vehicles, then turned the truck toward the first officer. The officer shot at the truck but was hit. That suspect then reportedly carjacked another vehicle. A Polk County Sheriff's Office deputy spotted Aaron Phillips and April Thompson in the Willow Oak trailer park and tried to arrest them. The deputy shot and killed Phillips and wounded Thompson in the stomach.