Overview

• Deputies responded Tuesday night to reports of a man in his 40s pointing a gun at people near Southwest 216th Street in the Goulds area.
• A sergeant ordered the man to show his hands, the man did not comply, gunfire was exchanged, and the man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
• No deputies or bystanders were reported injured, and investigators said both the subject’s and the sergeant’s vehicles were struck by gunfire.
• Home surveillance footage recorded around 7:40 p.m. shows residents scrambling and a deputy taking cover as shots rang out.
• The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating; the 19-year veteran sergeant is on three days of administrative leave, and authorities say the deceased had an extensive criminal history.