PLANTATION, Fla. – Police officers fatally shot a 44-year-old man who they said pulled out a gun and pointed it at them on Saturday in Plantation. Detectives later learned the convicted felon had wielded a stolen gun, police said.
Relatives identified Homea Spence as the man who died on Saturday outside of the Plantation Inn Hotel & Lounge and said he had recently been hospitalized and released for mental health issues.
One of his cousins protested: “Why couldn’t they use a Taser?”
A witness recorded a video that showed a police officer doing chest compressions on Spence just near the intersection of North State Road Seven and West Broward Boulevard.
The officers involved in this shooting were on administrative leave, in accordance with the police department’s protocol after police-involved shootings.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.