FROSTPROOF, Fla. (WFLA) — A suspect is dead and a deputy is seriously injured after an attempt to serve an arrest warrant turned violent in Frostproof.

The incident occurred on West Frostproof Baptist Church Road at around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.

Deputies were serving an arrest warrant and attempting to take a man into custody over failure to pay child support, but the man resisted the deputies, and they were only able to get one handcuff on him.

During the scuffle, another man approached with a long two-by-four and struck one deputy, Draven Martin, in the back of the head.

“He struck him in the head so hard that he split his head open,” Judd said.

Deputy Martin was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. In an update shared at around midnight, Judd said they were waiting to see if he would need to be kept in the hospital overnight.

As the suspect prepared to strike again, he was shot and killed by deputies. Judd identified the other officer involved as Sergeant Discon Collazo.

During the altercation with the second suspect, the initial suspect attempted to flee on foot.

Deputies caught up to the man and, after tasing him, were able to take him into custody and begin rendering aid to the suspect that they shot. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

Judd said the 10th Judicial Circuit Task Force will investigate the incident, which is typical for officer-involved shootings.

“It is very apparent to us that this man was trying to beat our deputies, injure our deputies, and in fact, split the head open of one of our deputies,” Judd said.