Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Shoots Man As Woman Is Saved In West Boca Raton.
UPDATE AT 8:52 a.m. THURSDAY: READ THE POLICE REPORT. ALLSWANG ALLEGEDLY HELD THERAPIST HOSTAGE. USE THIS LINK.
BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2022 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The photo you see above is Tzvi Asher Allswang, the man that a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy shot in the head while rescuing a woman being held hostage.Allswang was just transferred from an area hospital to the Palm Beach County Jail. You can see that his head is still swollen after being shot.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office responded to 22147 Larkspur Trail early Saturday morning for what was described as a ”welfare check.” They allegedly found Allswang holding a woman at knifepoint. A deputy fired and hit Allswang in the head.
Tzvi Asher Allswang is now charged with ”sexual assault with a woman or forced sexual battery of a victim twelve years old of age or older,” ”kidnap,” and ”attempted homicide, premeditated.” He is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail without bond.
The deputy involved, who we are not identifying at this time, was placed on paid administrative leave while an investigating into the shooting continues. There is no allegation of wrongdoing at this time. READ THE UPDATE HERE.
