BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in connection with a 2019 shootout in Miramar that left a UPS employee and another victim dead.
Jose Mateo was charged with manslaughter in the death of UPS employee Frank Ordonez, but a Broward County judge cleared him of wrongdoing Thursday morning, citing Florida’s “stand your ground” law.
Body-worn camera footage that was played in court during a stand your ground hearing for Mateo shows the officer’s pursuit of the UPS truck as his partner is in the passenger seat with his long gun drawn…