ORLANDO, Fla. – Newly released body camera footage shows the moments leading up to a fatality deputy-involved shooting that occurred last month inside a 7-Eleven on West Oak Ridge Road.
The video shows an Orange County sheriff’s deputy shooting a man, identified as 19-year-old Tristan Mayberry, in the candy aisle of the convenience store. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies were conducting surveillance at a nearby home when they saw Mayberry, a suspected gang member, leave the residence.
Deputies followed Mayberry to the 7-Eleven, where an attempt to confront him quickly escalated into chaos.
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In the video, a deputy is seen entering the store and approaching Mayberry and a friend, who has his back to the deputy.
“Boss! You know, only one of you can ride a scooter, right?” asks the deputy.
Mayberry, who is seen holding a phone in her right hand and a bottled drink in her left hand, turns and replies, “No, sir. I didn’t know that.”
Mayberry then turns and walks away from the deputy in one go.
“Come here, man! Come here, dude!” the deputy says, asking Mayberry to show some identification.
As the deputy follows Mayberry down the hall and around a corner to the left, the deputy points his weapon at the teenager and orders him to stop.
“Hey! Stop! Stop!” the deputy commands, but Mayberry continues and is met by a second deputy approaching him in the adjacent hallway.
The second deputy, with his gun drawn, orders Mayberry to put his hands up as the teenager turns and starts walking toward the first deputy, who then fires two shots at Mayberry.
Mayberry is heard screaming and falling to the ground.
The other deputy holsters his gun and kneels over Mayberry, but then a struggle ensues. The other deputy can be heard yelling at Mayberry repeatedly, “Don’t grab!”
According to deputies, Mayberry ignored their commands and tried to reach for a 9 mm handgun with an extended magazine that was in his waistband. The sheriff’s office said the other deputy tried to secure that gun during the struggle. That’s when the first deputy fired fired six more shots at Mayberry.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the incident.