Chilling moment Florida cop shoots dead gunman - despite the fact that he handed over his firearm to a fellow deputy: Fatal incident happened just moments after a third man killed the suspect's 21-year-old brother
By Alex Hammer For Dailymail.Com23:44 28 Aug 2022, updated 03:11 29 Aug 2022- Body camera video released by the Orange County Sheriff's Friday shows the moments leading up to a man being fatally shot by a deputy earlier this month
- The incident transpired Saturday August 6 outside the Heritage Hotel in Orlando
- According to the department, the brother who had been downed when the deputy arrived on the scene, Dylan Jimenez, had been involved in a gun battle
- The shootout left Jimenez slumped on a car, bleeding out in the hotel parking lot - spurring his brother, 28-year-old Bryan Richardson, to dash to the scene
- Video released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department Friday show the immediate aftermath of that incident, as onlookers crowded around Jimenez
- However, seemingly unbeknownst to the deputy, just outside the crowd of bystanders surrounding the dying man stood Richardson, with a gun at his side
Chilling new video released by a Florida police department show the moment a deputy gunned down a man moments after his brother was shot and laid dying in a hotel parking lot.
The incident, which transpired Saturday, August 6, outside the Heritage Hotel in Orlando, saw both brothers lives snuffed out - and saw the deputy placed on temporary administrative lead pending an investigation.
According to the department, the brother who had been downed when the deputy arrived on the scene, 21-year-old Dylan Jimenez, had been involved in a gun battle with another man in the moments leading up to the incident.
The scuffle left Jimenez slumped on a car, bleeding out in the hotel parking lot - spurring his brother, 28-year-old Bryan Richardson, to dash to the scene.
Video released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department Friday show the immediate aftermath of that incident, as onlookers crowded around Jimenez and attempted to tend to the dying man.
However, seemingly unbeknownst to the deputy, just outside the crowd of bystanders surrounding the dying man stood Richardson, visibly distraught over his brother's condition - and, as one spectator shouts, with a handgun at his side.
Upon noticing the armed man after several seconds already on the scene, the officer draws his service weapon and points it at Richardson, as his female partner goes to take the gun away from him.
In the footage, Richardson does not appear violent and even gives up the gun to the lady cop with his other arm outstretched toward the deputy as if to say 'Don't shoot' - but despite this is unloaded on, shot eight times by the officer.
Both brothers would later be pronounced dead after being rushed to a nearby hospital.
The release of the heart-wrenching footage comes as cops investigate whether the officer involved was in the right for the slaying - as many question if both siblings had to die.
According to the statement, the first deputy on the scene, the deputy's female partner, gave Richardson consent to do so and knew he was armed with a gun.
