A second Florida police officer has died from wounds he suffered in a shooting Friday night, Kissimmee police said.
Sgt. Richard "Sam" Howard died Saturday afternoon, a day after Officer Matthew Baxter died at the scene of a shooting in the central Florida city near Orlando.
Earlier, Police Chief Jeff O'Dell said Everett Glenn Miller, 45, had been charged with first-degree murder in Baxter's killing.
The officers were in an area known for drug activity, and Baxter approached Miller and two other men before 9:30 p.m. Friday, the chief said. Howard came as backup. There was a scuffle and gunfire, O'Dell said.
"Officers immediately responded to the area and found two of their fallen brothers gravely injured on the roadway," O'Dell said.
Baxter, a three-year veteran of the Kissimmee Police Department, was pronounced dead.
Miller is the only one charged of three people the police questioned, the chief said. He also faces charges of carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest.
O'Dell said he was found at a bar and had a 9 mm pistol and a .22-caliber revolver.
