MELBOURNE, Florida — On Tuesday July 03, 2012 at approximately 8:08 P.M., the Melbourne Police SWAT team responded to 3014 Fountainhead Circle Apartment #148 to execute a search warrant in reference to a narcotics investigation.
During the service of the search warrant, a Melbourne Police officer shot a male subject that was inside the residence. The man was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No officers were injured.
As a matter of protocol, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has been requested to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting.