Orange County Sheriff’s Office releases bodycam footage of fatal deputy shooting

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orange County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage Thursday which captured a fatal deputy-involved shooting that occurred last month.

According to the sheriff’s office, a woman called 911 at about 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 21 and said that her boyfriend – a man in his 40s – was armed with a knife and threatening to kill himself.

“Deputies arrived at the InTown Suites at 1951 Central Florida Parkway moments later and encountered the man, who had a knife,” the OCSO said in a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter.

Prior to the shooting, the woman can be heard pleading with deputies not to shoot the man.

“Don’t hurt him, don’t hurt him. Please don’t do this,” a woman is heard saying as a deputy pointed his gun at the man who was standing in the doorway of the motel.

“Don’t do it,” one deputy is heard saying. “Drop the knife, man. We’ll help you.”

“We just want to talk, man. You’re not in trouble,” another deputy says.

But the sheriff’s office said deputies were forced to shoot after the man charged at them with the knife.

“The man went back into his room, and our deputies were in the parking lot attempting to get him to come out without the knife so they could get him the help he needed. After about 20 minutes, the man came out, holding the knife above his head, and running toward our deputies, who fired their service weapons, striking the man,” the OCSO statement read.

Authorities said deputies rendered aid to the man until the fire department arrived at the scene and transported him to a hospital, where he later died.

“The video is being released pursuant to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Release of Video Recordings in Critical Incidents policy,” the OCSO statement read. “The investigation into the shooting is still under way.”

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