A Connecticut man was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff’s sniper after he allegedly fired greater than 200 rounds at neighboring houses 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 accordance with the Daytona Seaside Information-Journal.
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A wall is riddled with bullet holes after a person opened fireplace 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 had been known as again to the world two hours later when DiFusco allegedly started firing into neighboring items and at responding regulation enforcement officers.
“In all probability fired over 200 rounds,” Chitwood mentioned. “[You could] hear bullets whizzing over our heads, and we had been 100 yards again.”
Chitwood mentioned deputies carried out 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 apartment complicated on Thursday. (Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace)
“He was not going to barter,” he informed the information station. “Each time we might attempt to negotiate, he would fireplace on us. [He] turned off his telephone. He was armed to the tooth.”
Neighbors had 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 had been so afraid of him, they had been sleeping in a automotive,” he mentioned.
He famous that DiFusco had reportedly stopped taking his remedy and had not slept for days.
The partitions of the Florida apartment complicated had been riddled with bullets on Thursday. ( Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace)
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Photographs launched by the sheriff’s workplace present the skin 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.