FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - The partner of a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy who was shot and killed in 2006 testified in the trial of the accused shooters.
Tuesday morning saw testimony by BSO deputy Corey Carbocci in the trial of the murder of his partner deputy Brian Tephford.
Carbocci was there on the fateful night in November 2006, when 34-year-old Tephford was shot and killed near Sunrise. Tephford had initiated a traffic stop for a bad license plate in Tamarac when, according to prosecutors, Eloyn Ingraham used a cell phone to call Bernard Forbes and Andre Delancy to ambush the two deputies, injuring Carbocci and killing Tephford.
“I could see muzzle flashes coming from the gun as he was firing. I could also feel several rounds hit me in the chest,” Carbocci said in his testimony. “Just as I heard the pops and saw the flashes, I felt a sharp pain in my left thigh and also a pain in my left foot, which is when I realized we were being shot at. We ran to — I thought we were both running to move to the back of the patrol car to get cover.”
The three suspects were arrested the following night at a hotel in Dania Beach. They were caught on surveillance video fleeing, according to investigators.
In court, defense attorneys argued that the state could not prove who fired the deadly shots.
When he died, Tephford left behind a 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old twin boys.
If convicted, Ingraham, Forbes and Delancy face the death penalty.
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