In Orange County, Florida, the family of a man who was shot and killed by Orange County deputies a few weeks ago hosted a press briefing on Saturday afternoon to demand clarification about his demise.
On May 16, SWAT members raided what deputies described as a drug house located at 5614 Lejune Drive around 2:20 p.m.
Deputies reported that during a SWAT team operation to clear the area of any potential threat, they encountered a man in a bedroom who reached behind a door where a rifle was concealed.
Subsequently, one of the deputies discharged their weapon at the man, hitting him. The man, later identified as 32-year-old Tyrone Bartley by sheriff’s officials, was taken to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries not long after, as per reports.
“A couple of weeks ago, deputies were called to this home for a domestic violence incident,” a news release about the shooting stated. “While conducting that investigation, they found a trafficking amount of fentanyl and two loaded guns — one of which was stolen.”
Deputies said they have confiscated drugs and firearms at the home before, but the search warrant was aimed at letting deputies search the home further for any more drugs, guns, cash and cellphones.
“He did nothing wrong,” Shereem Bartley, Tyrone Bartley’s sister said on Saturday. “He was not who you guys came for that particular day, nor have you guys ever come for him on any day.”
Shereem Bartley said the home where the search warrant was served by the SWAT team is set up where the bedrooms are individual bedrooms with different numbers on each door.
The sheriff’s office said on Saturday that during the incident on May 16, deputies recovered three handguns and one rifle and nearly 370 grams of fentanyl laced cocaine. They also said that two handguns were recovered there earlier this month during a domestic violence call, but did not say which unit inside of the house was involved in those recoveries.
Brittani Jackson, Tyrone Bartley’s girlfriend, accused the sheriff’s office for botching the raid and search warrant for “two roommates that weren’t even home.”
“They say the gun was later found behind the door. There was no gun behind the door,” Jackson said through tears at the same press conference.
Deputies said they anticipate they will release bodycam footage of the shooting next week and that “Sheriff Mina is committed to transparency and that is why we release body worn camera video within 30 days of the incident, as outlined in our Release of Video Recordings in Critical Incidents policy.”
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting and will turn over its findings to the State Attorney’s Office for review.
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