Key West police shoot suspect after loader crashes into patrol car – NBC 6 South Florida

Body camera video captures the moment a Key West police cruiser was struck head-on by heavy machinery driven by a suspect who was later arrested.

On May 4, the officer responded to reports of a man using a loader to vandalize vehicles and a building at the College of the Florida Keys.

The body camera shows the moments when the loader hit the patrol car. The officer then runs out of the vehicle and begins shooting, but none of the shots hit the suspect.

He orders the suspect – later identified as 22-year-old Ethan Layne – to lie on the ground with his hands behind his back.

“I’m sorry,” Layne sobs as he lies on the ground.

“”Sorry for what? “They almost (expletive) killed me,” the officer said.

Layne continues to cry and apologizes several times. “I (expletive) up, my life is gone,” he says. At one point he begs the officer to kill him.

It is unclear what triggered the rampage and how the suspect got hold of the loader. Layne can be heard telling officers on the body camera, “I was threatened first and wanted to kill them…they had to pay for it.” He could be heard screaming and crying while being held in the patrol car.

There were no injuries. Layne was charged with attempted murder of a police officer.