Terri Sweeting-Mashkow was a 47-year-old deputy with the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office who was killed in the line of duty on November 21, 2025, while assisting with a court-ordered eviction at a home in the Bermuda Club community off A1A in Vero Beach, Florida. She was one of three deputies, accompanied by a locksmith, who entered the residence about 8:40 a.m. after paperwork from the resident’s mother sought to evict her adult son. Authorities identify the resident as 37-year-old Michael Halberstam.

Investigators say Halberstam retreated into the house, retrieved a firearm and opened fire. Sweeting-Mashkow was fatally wounded inside the home. Deputy Florentino Tino Arizpe was shot in the shoulder and escaped to the garage; 76-year-old locksmith David Long was critically injured and died November 23. A supervising sergeant returned fire, wounding Halberstam, who later died at the hospital the next afternoon. With the shooter also dead, there is no surviving suspect to arrest or prosecute.

Sweeting-Mashkow had 25 years with the sheriff’s office, beginning as a dispatcher and later joining the Legal Process Civil Unit in 2023; colleagues described her as deeply dedicated and compassionate. A posthumous promotion to sergeant, a large memorial, vigils and a statewide invitation for funeral services have followed, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has opened an investigation. Did anyone in the area witness deputies entering the home that morning or hear the shooting?