Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a suspect who they are saying pointed a gun at them Sunday morning after threatening his girlfriend.

The sheriff’s workplace obtained a name after 9 a.m. concerning a person who was threatening a lady with a gun. The lady instructed police the 2 had argued the day prior, and she or he awoke to seek out the person pointing a gun at her. 

Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies on scene investigating. 
(Sarasota County Sheriff’s Workplace)

Deputies had been on the scene inside 5 minutes, requested the suspect to come back out of the home, however he wouldn’t comply, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. 

Deputies ultimately contacted the suspect through telephone, and satisfied him to go to the window to point out his arms. The sheriff’s workplace mentioned the suspect invited the deputies in to retrieve the barricaded sufferer in a bed room speaking to 911 operators. The deputies entered a door that had been left ajar after the suspect’s mom fled the residence in the course of the incident.

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Upon getting into, the 4 deputies had been confronted by the suspect who had his arms up. The deputies gave verbal instructions to deescalate the scenario when the suspect retrieved a firearm from behind his again, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. He then chambered a spherical within the weapon and pointed the firearm on the deputies. 

The deputies shot and killed the suspect – later recognized as 47-year-old Brian Underwood, who had a previous arrest for Home Battery in 2014. The sheriff’s workplace mentioned deputies have responded to calls involving Underwood previously for different reported household disturbances – however none that resulted in arrests. 

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The sheriff’s workplace has not launched the names of the 4 deputies concerned as a result of they’re thought of victims of aggravated assault. The feminine sufferer’s id – in addition to her handle – can be being withheld as a result of she is a sufferer of aggravated home assault with a firearm.