A 19-year-old man was shot by Palm Beach County deputies after they say he charged at them with a machete during a domestic disturbance call in the Palm Lakes Estates community near Riviera Beach.
Investigators say Andre Mayard walked outside a home and retrieved what deputies described as a “strategically placed” foot-and-a-half-long machete from hedges before raising it above his head and approaching officers aggressively, according to Chief Deputy Robert Allen with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
19-year-old man wielding machete shot by Palm Beach County deputies
“He immediately raised it above his head and began approaching the deputies in a fairly aggressive manner,” Allen said.
Deputies repeatedly told Mayard to put down the weapon, but he refused to comply, Allen explained…