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Suspect shot and killed during Orange County burglary, deputies say

Man was shot and killed by the homeowner

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was shot and killed Thursday morning at a home in Orange County in what the homeowner is now saying was a burglary in process, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

The fatal shooting happened on Ponderosa Drive off Hoffner Avenue, near Goldenrod Road.

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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said there was an altercation between the homeowner and someone else and a “firearm was discharged.”

Sheriff’s officials later identified the man that was pronounced dead at the scene as 31-year-old Jose Enrique Benavides Montero. Deputies said that Montero was shot by the resident of the home during what the resident claimed was a burglary in progress.

The resident stayed at the scene and has cooperated with the investigation, which is active and ongoing, according to the sheriff’s office.

A neighbor said he heard about five or six gunshots.


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