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Attorney for deputy accused of pointing gun at Lyft driver claims self defense
Read full article: Attorney for deputy accused of pointing gun at Lyft driver claims self defenseOrange County Sheriff John Mina said on Monday that if the allegations of aggravated assault with a firearm against now-suspended Deputy Troy Heyer are true, he will fire him. [PREVIOUS: Deputy arrested for pointing gun at Lyft driver, police say]The Lyft driver told police he had dropped off Heyer at his Lake Nona-area home and sat in Heyerās driveway to file a complaint with Lyft when Heyer approached with a gun, according to the report, and asked, āWhat are you doing here?āThe Lyft driver said he feared for his life. āTroy Heyer stated he did not know anything about the incident and that we woke him up,ā police wrote. āTroy Heyer stated he used Uber or Lyft to get home. Lyft released the following statement regarding the incident:āSafety is fundamental to Lyft and we have a strict no weapons policy.