Overview
- Deputies responded around 6 p.m. Tuesday to a domestic disturbance at a home in the 7400 block of 43rd Terrace North in unincorporated Riviera Beach.
- While deputies spoke with a woman under the carport, a man emerged, retrieved a roughly 1.5‑foot machete from hedges, and advanced while swinging it, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
- Deputies issued repeated commands to drop the weapon before one deputy fired, then provided aid as the man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
- Local reporting identified the man as 19-year-old Andre Mayard, and authorities have not announced any charges.
- The involved deputy is on administrative leave as the FDLE, the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office, and the PBSO Violent Crimes Division investigate, with the case noted as at least the 15th officer-involved shooting in South Florida this year.