Florida Senate - 2014                            (NP)    SR 1766
       
       
        
       By Senator Montford
       
       
       
       
       
       3-05221-14                                            20141766__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing Deputy Robert Lundy, of the
    3         Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, for his swift and
    4         courageous response to an assailant at Timberland Ford
    5         in Perry.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, on February 5, 2014, Steinhatchee native Robert
    8  Lundy, a deputy with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, stopped
    9  at Timberland Ford in Perry to have his patrol car serviced, and
   10         WHEREAS, within minutes of Deputy Robert Lundy’s arrival at
   11  Timberland Ford, an employee of the car dealership crashed his
   12  vehicle through the front of the building and opened fire on
   13  those in the dealership, and
   14         WHEREAS, without regard for his own safety, Deputy Robert
   15  Lundy immediately responded to the shooting, exchanging gunfire
   16  with the assailant, who later died, and
   17         WHEREAS, Deputy Robert Lundy was one of three people shot
   18  by the assailant, suffering a stomach wound and eye trauma, and
   19         WHEREAS, Deputy Robert Lundy was transported to U.F. Health
   20  Shands Hospital in Gainesville, where he spent several weeks in
   21  a coma, and
   22         WHEREAS, throughout the ordeal, Kelly Lundy was by her
   23  husband’s bedside, making the roughly 3-hour round trip drive
   24  each day to encourage and support him, and
   25         WHEREAS, on April 11, 2014, Deputy Robert Lundy returned
   26  home to Steinhatchee a hero, recognized by the Taylor County
   27  Sheriff’s Office and local residents for his quick and life
   28  saving response to the tragic attack in Perry, and
   29         WHEREAS, Deputy Robert Lundy faces a long recovery in
   30  regaining the ability to walk unassisted and is permanently
   31  blind in one eye and suffers from vision loss in the other, and
   32         WHEREAS, the residents of Taylor County and all Floridians
   33  owe a debt of gratitude to Deputy Robert Lundy for his service
   34  in the law enforcement community and his sacrifice in the line
   35  of duty, NOW, THEREFORE,
   36  
   37  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   39         That Deputy Robert Lundy, of the Taylor County Sheriff’s
   40  Office, is recognized for his swift and courageous response to
   41  an assailant at Timberland Ford in Perry, which avoided further
   42  loss of life.
   43         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
   44  presented to Deputy Robert Lundy as a tangible token of the
   45  sentiments expressed in this resolution.