BCSO Deputy Jesus Vargas was shot in the head and killed while he and other members of the U.S. Marshal's Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force were serving a warrant on Robert Lee Davis, 56, a violent career criminal.

A DPS helicopter rushed federal K-9 officer Rocky to the Westbury Animal Hospital after he led authorities to a murder suspect who was hiding in a dumpster. Investigators say the dog's action saved many lives.