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		</div><h3><span style="color: #808080;"><em><strong>&#8216;Cat fight turns deadly between neighbors, in Florida&#8217;</strong></em></span></h3>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Florida deputy dies after being shot in the head while responding to a dispute between neighbors over a CAT</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>A Florida homeowner with a history of hatred for law enforcement The alleged shooter, fatally shot an officer who showed up after he had shot his neighbors cat</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Joseph Ables, 69, charged with shooting Highlands County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy William Gentry, 40, on Sunday night </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Gentry was responding to a report alleging that Ables had shot his neighbor&#8217;s cat</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Ables, a felon with history of violence towards police, allegedly opened fire on Gentry at his front door </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Grant, a nine-year veteran of law enforcement, succumbed to his injuries at Lee Memorial Hospital Monday afternoon</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>According to officials, the 69-year-old man is an ex-convict with a <span style="color: #000000;">history of violence towards law enforcement</span></strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">He is held without bond at the Highlands County Jail</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Charged with attempted first-degree murder without premeditation; possession of a weapon by a convicted felon; resisting an officer with violence; tampering with evidence and violation of probation. </span></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-292633" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Joseph-Ables-left-and-Sheriffs-Deputy-William-Gentry-right-1-1.png" alt=" Joseph Ables, [left], and Sheriff's Deputy William Gentry [right] 1.png" width="663" height="404" />Joseph Ables, [left], is accused of fatally shooting Highlands County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy William Gentry, [right photo]</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A Florida sheriff&#8217;s deputy has died after being shot in the head Sunday while responding to a neighbors&#8217; dispute over a cat. The suspect Joseph Edward Ables, was arrested for the fatal shooting of Highlands County Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy William Gentry, on Sunday night in Lake Placid, Florida<br />
In a Facebook post on Monday afternoon, the Highlands County Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced that Deputy William Gentry succumbed to his injuries at 1.10pm, after a Lake Placid man suspected of shooting a cat opened fire at him.<br />
Sheriff Paul Blackman told reporters that after speaking with the owner of the pet, Gentry approached the suspect, 69-year-old Ables, at his front door on Baltimore Way.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-img"><img class="alignnone wp-image-292635" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Dep-William-Gentry-on-the-shooting-range.png" alt="Dep William Gentry on the shooting range.png" width="1039" height="704" /><strong>Shooting victim,</strong> <strong>Dep Sheriff William Gentry [photo], is a nine-year veteran of law enforcement. He died in the early hours of Monday </strong></h6>
<div>Investigators say Deputy William Gentry, 40, responded to a home in the 200 block of Baltimore Way to speak to 69-year-old Joseph Edward Ables, who is suspected of shooting his neighbor&#8217;s cat.<br />
Deputy Gentry is a field training officer and had a trainee with him Sunday night. The two first went to the home of the cat&#8217;s owners. The trainee stayed there while Deputy Gentry when to the home of the neighbor who reportedly shot the cat, Joseph Ables.<br />
When the deputy arrived at the home, Ables opened fire, shooting Gentry in the head, according to officials.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Ables reportedly, shot Gentry in the head just before 8pm, on Sunday. The 40-year-old deputy was airlifted to Lee Memorial Hospital in critical condition, but he did not survive.<br />
Ables is held without bond at the Highlands County Jail on charges of attempted first-degree murder without premeditation; possession of a weapon by a convicted felon; resisting an officer with violence; tampering with evidence and violation of probation.<br />
According to officials, the 69-year-old man is an ex-convict with a history of violence towards law enforcement.<br />
His list of priors include a February 2015, arrested on a charge of battery upon a person 65 years or older. Able was sentenced in that case to four years of probation.</p>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-292636" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Joseph-Ables-home-in-Lake-Placid-Fla.png" alt="Joseph Ables' home in Lake Placid Fla" width="738" height="442" />Officer William Gentry was investigating reports of a dispute between neighbors over a cat that had been shot when he too was shot at Ables&#8217; front door in Lake Placid (photo]</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone wp-image-292634" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/William-Gentry-Highland-County-Deputy-Sheriff-2.png" alt="William Gentry, Highland County Deputy Sheriff 2.png" width="683" height="432" /><strong>Dep. William Gentry [right] being decorated with honors in the police dept</strong></h6>
<p class="imageCaption">Dep. Gentry served as a field training deputy and his brother works as a detective</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The sheriff said in a statement that Gentry served as a K-9 officer between 2005-2013. He left the office but then returned in 2017 as a field training deputy, reported <a class="class" href="http://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/suspect-in-custody-after-deputy-shot-in-highlands-county/1163795964" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">WFLA</a>. His brother serves as a detective with the same agency.<br />
&#8216;My dad was a cop, I was dating a cop, so I just knew I wanted to be a cop,&#8217; Gentry said during his 2017 swearing-in ceremony. &#8216;It&#8217;s fun helping someone when we can. There is a genuine reward there.&#8217;</p>
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