Overview
- Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra granted Jose Mateo stand-your-ground immunity, dismissing the 2019 case.
- The court said the state did not prove by clear and convincing evidence that Mateo lacked a reasonable belief that deadly force was necessary.
- The Broward State Attorney's Office said it will appeal and will continue pursuing charges against the three co-defendants.
- Investigators reported more than 200 shots were fired in the Miramar standoff, and FDLE concluded police bullets killed UPS driver Frank Ordoñez.
- Bystander Richard Cutshaw also died from police gunfire that day, and no officers were charged in the deaths of the two robbers.