Overview
- Deputies serving a predawn search warrant in the Palmetto Estates area reported an armed confrontation at the door and fatally shot the man at the scene.
- Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said the warrant stemmed from an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation that has run for more than a year and involves victims as young as infants.
- Relatives identified the deceased as 21-year-old Christopher Barata, a TSA agent, and the family says no weapons were kept in the home, disputing deputies’ account.
- His brother, Cristian Barata, was arrested on 15 counts of possessing images of sexual performance of a child and 10 counts of promoting or attempting to promote such images.
- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has taken over the shooting investigation, and no deputies were injured.