LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) — An armed man fatally shot by Lake County deputies wasn’t the suspect they were looking for.
Early Monday Leesburg police asked Lake County deputies to help them search for a suspect in the beating of another man.
The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/Ls0iKY ) reports deputies say they spotted a man riding a motorcycle. They later saw the motorcycle parked outside an apartment complex and deputies knocked on a door. The man who answered the door was armed. Deputies shot him.
Sheriff’s spokesman John Herrell says deputies did not announce who they were when they knocked.
Twenty-six-year-old Andrew Lee Scott was pronounced dead. Drugs and drug paraphernalia were found in the apartment.
Suspect 31-year-old Jonathan Brown was found in a nearby building and arrested. Deputies arrested 25-year-old Anthony Rodriguez was also arrested.
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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com
Source: AP
