Palm Bay Standoff Leaves Veteran-Ex-Police Officer Dead

Armed man, 39, shot and killed by Palm Bay officer 
WFTV News 
Updated: Mar 1, 2016

His girlfriend, who asked not to be identified, told Channel 9 the man is a former law enforcement officer and used to be in the military.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating after a Palm Bay police officer shot and killed a man.

Police say a man inside the home was threatening to shoot three people doing construction at a nearby home on Mariposa Drive. 

When police arrived, they say the 39-year-old man refused to come out of the home and a standoff began.

A neighbor told Eyewitness News the man was upset that the construction crew was working and making noise.
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