A Connecticut man was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff’s sniper after he allegedly fired greater than 200 rounds at neighboring properties and at authorities over a number of hours on Thursday.
The suspect, recognized as Joseph DiFusco, was killed by a sniper with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace, however nobody else was harmed, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
DiFusco, 56, was a snowbird who presumably introduced firearms from out of state as a result of he was staying at an Airbnb, Sheriff Mike Chitwood mentioned, in response to the Daytona Seaside Information-Journal.
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A wall is riddled with bullet holes after a person opened hearth Thursday at a Florida condominium complicated earlier than he was shot and killed by a sheriff’s sniper, authorities mentioned. (Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Deputies responded to the Kingston Shores condominiums close to Ormond-by-the-Sea at round 4 a.m. after DiFusco reported having suicidal ideas however declined medical transport, FOX Orlando reported. Deputies have been known as again to the world two hours later when DiFusco allegedly started firing into neighboring models and at responding legislation enforcement officers.
“Probably fired over 200 rounds,” Chitwood mentioned. “[You could] hear bullets whizzing over our heads, and we were 100 yards back.”
Chitwood mentioned deputies performed three earlier visits to the condominium complicated, the information station reported.
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Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies are proven close to the place a person was killed after he allegedly fired greater than 200 rounds at a Florida rental complicated on Thursday. (Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace)
“He was not going to negotiate,” he advised the information station. “Every time we would try to negotiate, he would fire on us. [He] turned off his phone. He was armed to the teeth.”
Neighbors have been evacuated from the world. Chitwood mentioned DiFusco’s household reached out to authorities earlier than the incident, saying they feared for his or her security.
“They were so scared of him, they were sleeping in a car,” he mentioned.
He famous that DiFusco had reportedly stopped taking his remedy and had not slept for days.
The partitions of the Florida rental complicated have been riddled with bullets on Thursday. (Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace)
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Pictures launched by the sheriff’s workplace present the surface partitions of the complicated riddled with bullet holes. The ordeal lasted greater than 5 hours.
DiFusco barricaded himself in his rental unit and was armed with no less than three weapons, authorities mentioned.
