ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect in a deputy-involved shooting that happened over the weekend.
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According to a news release, deputies received calls Saturday that 45-year-old Jorge Ramirez-Rivera was shooting a gun in the backyard of a home on Suncreek Court, near South John Young Parkway.
Then, they received calls around 1 a.m. Sunday, saying he was pointing a gun at passing drivers and had threatened his roommate.
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Sheriff John Mina said deputies tried to negotiate with Ramirez-Rivera, and when he came outside, they tased him. But the suspect pulled out a gun and shot at the deputies.
Ramirez-Rivera died at the scene.
The sheriff’s office said no deputies were injured, and the four deputies involved are on temporary paid administrative leave, as is standard protocol for deputy-involved shootings.
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