Florida deputy with 25 years on force killed serving eviction notice; suspect, locksmith also shot: sheriff

A Florida sheriff’s lawman was killed successful the enactment of work portion serving an eviction announcement Friday morning, officials said.

"It is with profound sadness and dense hearts that we denote the passing of Deputy Terri Sweeting-Mashkow, who was killed successful the enactment of work connected November 21st, 2025 portion faithfully serving our community," the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office successful Vero Beach wrote connected its societal media Friday afternoon.

"Her nonaccomplishment is felt profoundly by each subordinate of our agency, arsenic good arsenic by the assemblage she served with pride," the section added.

Mashkow, 47, served with the sheriff’s section for 25 years and 16 days, Sheriff Eric Flowers said successful a quality conference.

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Indian River County Deputy Terri Sweeting-Mashkow was killed successful the enactment of work Friday successful Florida. (Indian River County Sheriff's Office)

Mashkow had reported to a location successful Bermuda Club, a gated assemblage successful Vero Beach wherever a parent was evicting her son, identified arsenic Michael Halberstam.  

"What an atrocious day. Six days earlier Thanksgiving," Flowers told reporters.

Once Mashkow, different deputies and a locksmith arrived successful the entryway to the home, Halberstam allegedly grabbed a weapon and began "indiscriminately firing astatine our deputies connected scene."

Another lawman was changeable successful the enarthrosis and is recovering, and the locksmith is successful country successful captious condition, Flowers said. The fishy is besides successful captious information aft deputies fired backmost astatine him. 

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Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers addresses the media Friday pursuing the line-of-duty decease of Deputy Terri Sweeting-Mashkow. (Indian River County Sheriff's Office)

Flowers noted Mashkow’s decease was lone the 2nd successful the enactment of work for the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office successful its 100 years.

Mashkow started her vocation 25 years agone arsenic a dispatcher, worked for 20 years connected patrol and was moved to the ineligible process civilian portion successful 2023.

Halberstam has a 2006 narcotics complaint and a 2015 misdemeanor battle complaint retired of Virginia, Flowers said. 

He said the section had 7 calls this month, mostly from Halberstam’s mother, astir him astatine the residence, starring her to yet determine to evict him.

The fishy was not connected the department’s radar, Flowers said, adding that the eviction work was a "standard telephone to service."

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"The regular duties that our deputies bravely bash each time successful and out, and contiguous Deputy Terri Sweeting-Mashkow, 25 years of service, 47 years old, gave her beingness for this community," helium said astatine the extremity of the quality conference. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier Friday said that his bureau was monitoring the concern aft the deputies were shot.