Man shot dead by police after throwing his girlfriend’s 9-year-old son into fire
SEBRING, FL – A local man has been fatally shot by law enforcement after violently assaulting a deputy with a metal pole. Richard Ham, 39, came under scrutiny after setting fire to the belongings of his girlfriend’s 9-year-old son. He did so because he allegedly believed that the child was ‘demon-possessed.’ The Highland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about suspicious roadside debris on fire around 4 p.m. last Tuesday, only to be confronted …