NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) - State law enforcement officers have fatally shot a man during a drug search at a Florida home.
A spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement says the agency’s special operations team was serving a warrant at a home in North Port on Friday night when a suspect confronted them with a machete.
Agents shot 57-year-old Fernando Mora. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The agents involved have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation in keeping with FDLE policy.
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