Overview

• Newly released video shows deputies forcing their way into Victor Gordillo Jr.’s home, wrestling him to the floor and handcuffing him during a June search tied to a shoplifting probe.
• Deputies took nearly 30 minutes to realize they had the wrong person, and paramedics later took Gordillo Jr. to a hospital for treatment.
• The pursuit stemmed from a Winn-Dixie theft investigation that used a license plate to identify Victor Washington Gordillo, the father, with records reflecting a conflicting birth year.
• The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office says involved deputies were reprimanded and given remedial training, and both agencies have declined further comment due to likely litigation.
• The State Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute the alleged shoplifting, and the Gordillo family’s attorney has notified officials of planned federal and circuit court lawsuits.