ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man who broke into the home of a co-worker, starting a chain of events that led to a deadly shooting by Orange County deputies, has been found not guilty of murder.
Cristian Contreras, now 26, illegally entered a home on West Castle Street in February.
The person living there — 26-year-old Jose Luis Lopez — then confronted him, but when deputies arrived, they fatally shot Lopez after seeing him restraining Contreras and thinking he was the suspect…