Attorney for deputy accused of pointing gun at Lyft driver claims self defense
Orange 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 Heyerโs driveway to file a complaint with Lyft when Heyer approached with a gun, according to the report, and asked, โWhat are you doing here?โThe Lyft driver said he feared for his life. โTroy Heyer stated he did not know anything about the incident and that we woke him up,โ police wrote. โTroy Heyer stated he used Uber or Lyft to get home. Lyft released the following statement regarding the incident:โSafety is fundamental to Lyft and we have a strict no weapons policy.