Event Brief
Deputy Shot After Attack at Sheriff’s Substation
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET
Summary: Deputies responded about 7:35 a.m. Thursday to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office District 19 substation in the Town of South Palm Beach for a man seeking medical help. A female deputy was attacked in the parking lot; she fired and killed 31-year-old Rex Alexander Magann, who died at the scene.
WHO: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputies; 31-year-old Rex Alexander Magann; a female deputy
WHAT: A man attacked a deputy outside a sheriff’s substation; the deputy fired her weapon and the attacker died at the scene.
WHEN: Sep 19, 2026
WHERE: District 19 Substation, Town of South Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
WHY: The shooting followed a physical attack in which Magann shoved the deputy, tried to take her service weapon, and struck her repeatedly.
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