A deadly deputy-involved shooting in Vero Beach and the Indian River County Sheriff believes it was a “suicide-by-cop” situation.
It started when a woman reported her son had stolen her vehicle yesterday and it was pegged by a license plate reader in the Gifford area, and deputies stopped the vehicle in Vero Beach.
After ordering the driver, a 48-year old man, to get out of the car, deputies noticed him reaching into his waistband. When told to show his hands, he didn’t. Instead, he charged at deputies who ended up firing on him…