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BSO SWAT Fatally Shoots Barricaded Man After Pompano Beach Mansion Standoff

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has opened an investigation.

Overview

  • Deputies responded after a 1:30 p.m. call reporting a suspicious person in the 2300 block of Bay Drive.
  • Negotiators engaged for hours as microdrones searched the vacant home and the man fired at one, according to officials.
  • A K-9 was deployed, deputies say the man attacked the dog, and SWAT then entered and fatally shot him.
  • The confrontation unfolded inside a for-sale beachfront mansion that neighbors say is rarely occupied, and residents described being shaken by the prolonged police presence.
  • FDLE is reviewing the shooting, WPLG reported the man had prior felony convictions, and the Sun Sentinel notes it is at least the 13th officer-involved shooting in South Florida this year.