OCALA, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) – A Florida deputy has been charged with manslaughter after police say he shot and killed his 25-year-old girlfriend. The deputy, who has since been fired, claims the shooting was an accident.
Officials with the Ocala Police Department say officers responded to a home in the Highlands area around 11 p.m. Thursday after receiving a call from Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Leslie Dale Boileau, WCJB reports.
Boileau told 911 operators he accidentally shot his girlfriend, 25-year-old Polina Wright. Officers found the victim dead with a gunshot wound to the forehead…