Four ASO deputies on paid administrative leave after the shooting death of a man brandishing a firearm

Staff report from Alachua County Sheriff’s Office social media post

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A man is dead and four Alachua County Sheriff’s (ASO) Deputies are on paid administrative leave after the deputies discharged their service weapons at a man brandishing a firearm.

Earlier this morning, deputies responded to the 6700 block of SW 4th Place (Holly Heights), where the caller said a man, later identified as Darian D. Holmes, 55, was armed with a handgun and beating on the front door of their residence…

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