CLERMONT, Fla. (AP) - A Florida sheriff’s fatally shot an armed 33-year-old man during a domestic violence call.
Lake County Sheriff’s Lt. Jim Vachon said Monday that Jorge Luis Rivera-Melendez died in a hospital emergency room Sunday night after being shot earlier in the day.
Sheriff’s officials said the incident started as a domestic call. When deputies approached Rivera-Melendez, he confronted them with a gun. A deputy opened fire, striking the man.
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Officials say the deputy wasn’t injured.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting,
Clermont is near Orlando in central Florida.
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