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Orlando police shoot, kill man armed with AR 15-style rifle overnight

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Updated  March 1, 2025 12:09pm EST
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Orlando police shoot man armed with rifle

Orlando police shoot, kill man armed with AR 15-style rifle overnight

The Brief

    • Officials arrived at the scene at approximately 2:42 a.m. in reference to a suspicious person reported to be beating on a victim’s door while armed with a gun.
    • Officers gave commands for the suspect to drop the weapon. The suspect disobeyed and was subsequently shot.
    • The suspect was a 62-year-old white male with a non-violent criminal history from another state.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando police officers shot and killed a man armed with an AR-15-style rifle early Saturday morning after he refused commands to drop the weapon, according to Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith. 

What we know:

Orlando police responded to an art studio shortly before 3 a.m. on E. Colonial Drive after someone called 911 to report a man armed with a gun was beating on their studio door.

Police said the suspect, described as a 62-year-old man who lived out of state, came out of one of the studio spaces armed with a rifle and refused commands to put it down.

The officers fired their weapons at the man. The man was taken to the hospital where he died, Chief Smith said.

No one else was hurt in the office-involved shooting, police said.

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What we don't know:

It is unclear if the man has any connection to the art studio or the person whose door he was allegedly beating on. His name has also not been released, pending family notification of his death.

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The Source: This story was written based on information shared by the Orlando Police Department.

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