Overview
- Deputy José Rivera was shot in the shoulder and thigh and is in stable condition, with his chest wound likely softened when a round struck his body-worn camera.
- Rivera and Deputy Jacob Gomez-Lopez came under fire at the front door of a Deltona home while following up on a report that a woman's car had been damaged by a friend's son.
- The suspect, 31-year-old Luis Diaz Polanco, was arrested at the scene and is being held without bond on two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer; several others were detained for questioning.
- Detectives recovered a tan/green handgun and more than 20 shell casings, and an arrest affidavit says Polanco admitted intentionally shooting at the deputies and said he would have continued if he had not run out of ammunition.
- The Volusia County Sheriff's Office released body-camera footage from responding units, and ATF is reviewing the firearm's origin as the investigation continues.