Florida sheriff's deputy shoots and kills girlfriend 'while cleaning his rifle'

A Florida sheriff's lawman fatally changeable his woman successful the caput with a firearm portion cleaning his firearms. 

Leslie Dale Boileau, 32, called 911 connected Thursday nighttime and said helium 'accidentally' changeable his girlfriend, Polina Wright, 25, astatine his location successful Ocala aft the pair were retired drinking margaritas astatine a restaurant.

After cops arrived astatine his location astir 11pm, Boileau, a Marion County Sheriff's Deputy, told Ocala Police officers, 'I cognize this looks truly bad' and 'I did not privation this to happen,' according to the apprehension report, obtained by WCJB. 

Officers recovered Wright dormant astatine the country with a gunshot coiled successful her forehead.  

Boileau claims helium and Wright were cleaning and 'dry-firing' his handgun and firearm erstwhile helium 'accidentally' fired the loaded gun, sidesplitting his girlfriend.

He aboriginal admitted to officers that helium knows helium shouldn't person pointed the firearm astatine his girlfriend, particularly due to the fact that helium works successful instrumentality enforcement. 

Officers said carnal grounds aligned with Boileau's relationship of events. 

Boileau was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He was besides terminated from his position, wherever helium worked for 8 years, earning aggregate awards.  

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said the section is 'heartbroken' for Wright's friends and household and that Boileau's 'tragic actions' person impacted the instrumentality enforcement assemblage arsenic a whole. 

'We are heartbroken for the household and friends of the victim. Tens of thousands of instrumentality enforcement officers bash their occupation commendably each day,' helium said.

'But unfortunately, the tragic actions of conscionable 1 are felt done the full instrumentality enforcement community.'

Wright's household and friends mourned her abrupt decease successful online tributes.

'Polina was the astir loving and caring idiosyncratic that we know; she was a beam of airy to each that knew her,' her sister, Julia Dawson, wrote successful a Facebook post. 

'We yearn for the time we tin spot those saccharine dimples again.'

Another sister, Rebecca Wright Baker, wrote: 'My saccharine sister, I can't hold to spot you successful glory 1 day.' 

On Saturday morning, Boileau faced a justice arsenic helium wore a yellowish jumpsuit and handcuffs astir his wrist. 

Circuit Judge Stacy Youmans told Boileau and his attorney, Jimmie Sparrow, she recovered probable origin for the arrest, Ocala Star Banner reported. 

Sparrow argued that his client's bail should beryllium acceptable astatine $25,000, portion Assistant State Attorney Tucked O'Neill requested nary little than $50,000, citing his interest for the assemblage if Boileau is released. 

Youmans acceptable bail to $30,000, adding that if Boileau posts bond, helium cannot person immoderate weapons oregon guns, arsenic good arsenic zero interaction with Wright's family. 

He is expected to look successful tribunal for his arraignment successful precocious October. 

Neighbors told the Star Banner that Boileau and his woman ne'er had fights and that helium often kept to himself. 

Other Marion County locals consciousness that the tragic lawsuit needs to beryllium investigated further. 

'If he's gotten awards earlier for providing fantabulous work and providing work to the community, each of that has to beryllium taken into information earlier making a determination that's going to impact somebody's beingness and household for the remainder of their lives,' Christian Gonzalez told WCJB. 

Boileau studied transgression justness astatine the College of Central Florida and was hired by the Marion County Sheriff's Office successful June 2016. 

During his clip with the sheriff's office, helium worked successful patrol and soon became a tract grooming serviceman and corporal. 

While moving a nighttime displacement 3 years ago, his supervisors said younger deputies 'frequently look to him for guidance' and described him arsenic 'one of the astir experienced deputies.'

That aforesaid year, Boileau received 2 Eagle Eyes awards 'for his assistance with investigating and apprehending suspects successful aggregate burglaries,' the Star Banner reported. 

His supervisors besides thought of him arsenic 'a trustworthy' and 'proactive' employee.