Florida man who charged at deputies with knives was having mental health episode: Deputies

NEW SMYRNA BEACH – A Florida man was arrested after he reportedly charged at deputies with knives after they have been known as to his mum or dad’s home in response to a psychological episode, deputies stated. 

Round 1 p.m. Sunday, a name in a few man “performing erratically with two knives,” deputies stated. That is the second name prior to now three weeks of the person exhibiting this conduct. 

Deputies beforehand responded to the home on Jan. 17 after his mom reported he was armed, screaming, paranoid, and presumably hallucinating throughout an obvious psychological well being episode. Deputies stated he was not receptive to the deputies’ makes an attempt to speak with him and join him with counseling providers.

When deputies entered the again door of the house Sunday, they deployed tasers and a less-lethal shotgun to subdue the person who was later recognized as 43-year-old Michael Collmar. Regardless of the taser deployments, Collmar ran out the entrance door of the house the place one other deputy was, charging towards him. 

That deputy fired at Collmar, who was handled on the scene after which transported to a hospital for surgical procedure. 

Collmar’s mother and father weren’t injured within the incident, and neither have been any of the deputies concerned.

In accordance with deputies, Collmar was not too long ago launched from Florida jail in October 2022 after serving about 4 years for prices together with aggravated battery with a lethal weapon. His arrest, in that case, got here after he stabbed a Port Orange man a number of instances in July 2017. His Florida felony historical past consists of 31 felony prices with 17 convictions and 33 misdemeanor prices with 19 convictions.