Suspected gunman who fired greater than 200 rounds at Florida condominium gadgets killed through sniper’s bullet, sheriff says

A Connecticut guy was once shot and killed through a Florida sheriff’s sniper after he allegedly fired greater than 200 rounds at neighboring properties and at government over a number of hours on Thursday.

The suspect, recognized as Joseph DiFusco, was once killed through a sniper with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Place of work, however nobody else was once harmed, the sheriff’s administrative center mentioned. 

DiFusco, 56, was once a snowbird who perhaps introduced firearms from out of state as a result of he was once staying at an Airbnb, Sheriff Mike Chitwood mentioned, in keeping with the Daytona Seaside Information-Magazine. 

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Deputies spoke back to the Kingston Shores condominiums close to Ormond-by-the-Sea at round 4 a.m. after DiFusco reported having suicidal ideas however declined clinical delivery, FOX Orlando reported. Deputies had been referred to as again to the realm two hours later when DiFusco allegedly started firing into neighboring gadgets and at responding regulation enforcement officials.

“Almost definitely fired over 200 rounds,” Chitwood mentioned. “[You could] listen bullets whizzing over our heads, and we had been 100 yards again.”

Chitwood mentioned deputies carried out 3 earlier visits to the apartment advanced, the scoop station reported. 

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Volusia County Sheriff’s Place of work deputies are proven close to the place a person was once killed after he allegedly fired greater than 200 rounds at a Florida condominium advanced on Thursday. (Volusia County Sheriff’s Place of work)

“He was once now not going to barter,” he advised the scoop station. “Each time we might attempt to negotiate, he would fireplace on us. [He] became off his telephone. He was once armed to the enamel.”

Neighbors had been evacuated from the realm. Chitwood mentioned DiFusco’s circle of relatives reached out to government prior to the incident, announcing they feared for his or her protection. 

“They had been so fearful of him, they had been snoozing in a automotive,” he mentioned.

He famous that DiFusco had reportedly stopped taking his drugs and had now not slept for days.

The partitions of the Florida condominium advanced had been riddled with bullets on Thursday. (Volusia County Sheriff’s Place of work)

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Pictures launched through the sheriff’s administrative center display the outdoor partitions of the advanced riddled with bullet holes. The ordeal lasted greater than 5 hours.

DiFusco barricaded himself in his condo unit and was once armed with a minimum of 3 weapons, government mentioned.