Deaf man killed by deputy story happened when a Florida man was fatally shot by a Volusia County sheriff's deputy on Saturday afternoon in Daytona Beach.
According to New York Daily News, the deaf man killed by a deputy was fatally shot at least six times after he failed to follow the latter's instructions. His family is currently enraged over the terrible incident.
The Florida man was identified as 52-year-old Edward Miller while the Florida sheriff's deputy was identified as Joel Hernandez by several news outlets.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that the deputy shot Miller while he was "brandishing a firearm" during a dispute at a local towing business.
Miller's son, also named Edward, 25, said that his father is deaf due to a childhood illness, adding that he was sitting in his pickup near the older Miller's parked car when Hernandez, who was in plain clothes, pumped six shots towards his father.
Miller's son noted that his father had a licensed firearm tucked underneath his shirt at the time of the incident, and revealed that Hernandez, who identified himself as a deputy before shooting the deaf man, fired two bullets through the windshield and fired four more after that.
According to deaf man killed by deputy reports, Hernandez is an investigator with the sheriff's auto theft unit.
At the time of the incident, he and his partner were at the tow yard for different reasons.
However, after hearing Miller having a "verbal altercation" with towing employees, he walked up to the 52-year-old and saw that he was carrying a firearm.
"Hernandez perceived a threat and fired his duty weapon, striking and killing the man," Gary Davidson, a spokesman for the Volusia County sheriff's deputy, said.
Hernandez is currently under investigation since this is not the first time that he got involved in a fatal shooting incident.
Just last year, he fatally shot an armed, suicidal man who ignored police orders, but he was not found guilty of the any wrongdoing.
Another incident involving the deputy in the deaf man killed by deputy story took place a month later, when he kicked a resisting man in the face.
Hernandez received a letter of reprimand from the sheriff's office out of that incident because he used excessive force.
Both Hernandez and his partner are on leave right now as an investigation is currently being carried out by the sheriff's office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, reported Wesh.com.
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