Officer 'forced to use deadly force' after 'unprovoked attack' at Suncoast High School, arrest report says

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — A Riviera Beach police officer was "forced to use deadly force" and shoot a man who violently attacked her on the campus of Suncoast Community High School on Monday, according to a newly released arrest report.

According to the report, Riviera Beach police officer Nadane Cherisma, who was working an overtime detail in conjunction with the School District of Palm Beach County's Police Department, was standing near the school's south gate off West 17th Street and Avenue U at the morning student drop-off when Delroy Thomas, 29, walked through the gate and past Cherisma.

Cherisma then used her radio to notify a school district police officer who was elsewhere on campus and asked for assistance with a "suspicious person."

The school district police officer, who was near the school's gymnasium for drop-off, said she saw a tall man wearing what appeared to be "blue scrubs" walking toward the south gate.