POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Polk County deputy fatally shot a man who was allegedly advancing on him with a knife late Friday, according to Sheriff Grady Judd.

The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. in the area of a commercial plaza at the intersection of U.S. 92 and Combee Road, the sheriff said at a news conference early Saturday.

Judd said that the man — identified as John Snyder, 37 — had outstanding warrants for burglary and theft which deputies had been trying to take him into custody for in the days leading up to the shooting.

“He ran from our deputies on Tuesday. Then on Thursday evening, he met with his mother. He hugged her and said, ‘It’s the last time that we’ll see each other,‘” Judd said.

Judd named Deputy Goodman — whom he described as a veteran who’s been with the sheriff’s office for four and a half years — as the one who located Snyder on Friday night, doing so in front of the McDonald’s at U.S. 92 and Combee Road. When Deputy Goodman attempted to take Snyder into custody, Judd said that Snyder “immediately resisted, pushed the deputy off and started to run.”

“All this is subject to modification, but we do know that John resisted, that we tased him or attempted to tase him. He ran, and he ran east along the sidewalk in front of McDonald’s and in front of this complex that we’re standing at now,” Judd said, speaking at the scene.

Deputy Goodman had called for assistance, and as two more deputies arrived to the scene, Judd said that Snyder turned back around and pulled out a knife.

“(Snyder) told the deputy, ‘I have a knife.’ The deputy told him several times to drop the knife. He continued to advance on the deputy and Deputy Goodman shot him several times,” Judd said. “It was not Deputy Sheriff Goodman’s choice to shoot John Snyder. It was John Snyder’s choice for Deputy Goodman to shoot him, and we obliged him.“

Deputies began life-saving measures “to no avail,” the sheriff said.

No deputies were injured in the incident, according to the sheriff’s office.

The shooting will be investigated by the 10th Judicial Circuit’s Officer-Involved Deadly Incident (OIDI) Task Force before the results are turned over to State Attorney Brian Haas for final review, according to Judd.