ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam video from a deputy‑involved shooting that occurred during a surveillance operation on a homicide suspect late last month.
According to a news release, deputies were conducting surveillance around 9:40 p.m. on Dec. 26 in the 2200 block of Buchanan Bay Circle as they prepared to serve a DNA search warrant on a homicide suspect tied to a December killing. The warrant was related to the Christmas Eve shooting death of 17-year-old Jamar Jerome, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.
“While deputies were surveilling the residence, two men – the homicide suspect and 20-year-old Cory Levon Andrews – came out and Andrews opened fire on deputies, striking one of our unmarked vehicles," the release read in part.
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Officials said that one deputy returned fire, hitting and injuring Andrews.
The homicide suspect, who deputies said was armed with a handgun, attempted to run back inside the residence but was stopped and detained.
Andrews faces charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting, and its findings will be forwarded to the State Attorney’s Office for review, according to the release.
The deputy who fired their weapon has been placed on temporary paid administrative leave pending the initial FDLE review.
The homicide investigation remains ongoing.