PINE HILLS, Fla. — The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera video Thursday of a deputy standoff following a domestic incident in Pine Hills last month.
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On July 19, deputies said a man stabbed the mother of his child at a home on Colony Oaks Lane.
Channel 9 had a crew at the scene and watched as law enforcement urged the suspect to surrender in an hours-long standoff, but he refused.
The Sheriff’s Office said as deputies approached the door, they saw the man holding the child as a shield with a gun in his hand, and they feared for the safety of the child.
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SWAT officers tried negotiating with him peacefully, as seen in the video.
Deputies then shot and killed the suspect, who investigators identified as 31-year-old Deshaun Dunmyer.
The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is still investigating the shooting, along with OCSO.
The Sheriff’s Office did not provide any other details.
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