A Florida sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Friday morning, another deputy was wounded and a locksmith was left in critical condition while helping a mother evict her son from a gated home in a coastal community north of West Palm Beach, authorities said.

Deputy Terri Sweeting-Mashkow, a 25-year veteran of the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office , was gunned down inside a residence at the Bermuda Club on Orchid Island near Vero Beach.

She was one of three deputies who arrived at the home with a locksmith just before 9 a.m. to remove 37-year-old Michael Halberstam under a court order initiated by his mother, who waited outside .

Investigators said the team stepped into the entryway when Halberstam allegedly unleashed gunfire without warning, fatally hitting Sweeting-Mashkow

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