The Brief
- Deputies responding to a domestic battery call in Osceola County encountered a suspect who barricaded himself inside an apartment.
- Negotiators and family members spent hours attempting to get him to surrender.
- Deputies later used a chemical agent, prompting him to exit the unit and lie on the ground. According to deputies, the suspect fired a weapon, prompting a return fire, which resulted in the suspect’s death.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A 30-year-old man was shot and killed by deputies with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office hours after he barricaded himself inside a Kissimmee-area apartment, according to the sheriff’s office.
A standoff with deputies began hours early after they arrived to investigate reports of an overnight domestic battery.
The backstory:…