{"id":8374,"date":"2011-07-14T15:14:49","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T19:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=8374"},"modified":"2011-07-14T14:23:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T18:23:14","slug":"ex-nfl-bengal-killed-by-calif-deputy-in-scuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=8374","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL Bengal Killed By Calif. Deputy In Scuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, CA \u2014 Life in Bakersfield after a brief NFL stint had not been kind to running back <strong>David Lee \u201cDeacon\u201d Turner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After at least two dozen run-ins with the law, <strong>Turner<\/strong>, 56, was shot and killed in front of a convenience store Sunday by a Kern County deputy after he allegedly hit an officer with a bag holding two cans of beer.<\/p>\n<p>As a student-athlete, <strong>Turner<\/strong> thrived, shredding defenses at Shafter High School, Bakersfield College and San Diego State University. But as an adult, after playing in the NFL from 1978 to 1980, he had trouble finding his place in civilian life.<\/p>\n<p>The deputies detained <strong>Turner<\/strong> while they investigated adults buying alcohol for teens. According to reports from the sheriff\u2019s office, <strong>Turner<\/strong> initially complied with deputies, but then decided to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said a scuffle occurred when they tried to stop <strong>Turner<\/strong>. <strong>Deputy Aaron Nadal<\/strong> was hit on the back of the head with a bag holding two, 24-ounce cans of beer before <strong>Deputy Wesley Kraft<\/strong> drew his handgun and fired twice at <strong>Turner<\/strong>, authorities said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, CA \u2014 Life in Bakersfield after a brief NFL stint had not been kind to running back David Lee \u201cDeacon\u201d Turner. After at least two dozen run-ins with the law, Turner, 56, was shot and killed in front of a convenience store Sunday by a Kern County deputy after he allegedly hit an officer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}