BARTOW, Fla. - Nearly three years after Polk County Deputy Blane Lane was shot and killed in the line of duty , the woman facing murder charges in the case is standing trial.

Death of Deputy Blane Lane

The backstory:

On Oct. 4, 2022, Sheriff Grady Judd said Lane was helping serve a felony warrant in Polk City when the suspect, Cheryl Williams, pulled a gun that was later determined to be a "very realistic-looking" BB gun.

Deputies fired, hitting Williams, but also hitting Lane, who was outside watching a potential escape door.

Lane, a Mulberry High School graduate who was just 21 years old, died at the hospital. He had three children, including one he never got to meet.

Cheryl Williams charged with murder

Williams was charged with second-degree murder of a law enforcement of

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