A police raid on an Orlando tattoo shop ended in gunfire Friday afternoon, leaving one man dead and several suspects detained, authorities said.Orlando police say a SWAT team was serving a search warrant at the business on Edgewater Drive near Lee Road when the standoff escalated. According to investigators, officers were targeting “multiple suspects” believed to have extensive criminal histories.Video captured from nearby shows officers firing toward the shop as the confrontation reached its peak.Michael Kennedy, who owns Southern Style BBQ next door, said he heard gunfire as police moved in.“I was in the back getting ready to serve a customer, and then I happened to come around the corner and the first thing I see is a robot dog coming out of the van,” Kennedy said.Police say one suspect armed with an AK-47 rifle ran back inside the shop and barricaded himself with several others. When the standoff ended, one person was killed. Residents and nearby workers say the man was a tattoo artist who worked inside the shop, but WESH 2 is withholding his identity until it is confirmed by family or investigators.“He always smiled,” Kennedy said. “He came and bought food. He was a pleasant kid — just busy and doing what he loved to do.”Jabriel Aponte, who works a few doors down, said he had spoken with the man just hours before the shooting. The artist had recently begun two tattoos for him, including one featuring a Bible verse.“It’s Spanish. It says, ‘If God is with me, who is against me?’ It’s Romans 8:31, I believe,” Aponte said.Aponte said he hit the ground when gunshots rang out and later learned the artist had died.“I couldn’t believe it,” he said.Orlando police say multiple suspects were detained during the operation but have not specified how many. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is now investigating the police shooting, which is standard protocol.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

A police raid on an Orlando tattoo shop ended in gunfire Friday afternoon, leaving one man dead and several suspects detained, authorities said.

Orlando police say a SWAT team was serving a search warrant at the business on Edgewater Drive near Lee Road when the standoff escalated. According to investigators, officers were targeting “multiple suspects” believed to have extensive criminal histories.

Video captured from nearby shows officers firing toward the shop as the confrontation reached its peak.

Michael Kennedy, who owns Southern Style BBQ next door, said he heard gunfire as police moved in.

“I was in the back getting ready to serve a customer, and then I happened to come around the corner and the first thing I see is a robot dog coming out of the van,” Kennedy said.

Police say one suspect armed with an AK-47 rifle ran back inside the shop and barricaded himself with several others. When the standoff ended, one person was killed. Residents and nearby workers say the man was a tattoo artist who worked inside the shop, but WESH 2 is withholding his identity until it is confirmed by family or investigators.

“He always smiled,” Kennedy said. “He came and bought food. He was a pleasant kid — just busy and doing what he loved to do.”

Jabriel Aponte, who works a few doors down, said he had spoken with the man just hours before the shooting. The artist had recently begun two tattoos for him, including one featuring a Bible verse.

“It’s Spanish. It says, ‘If God is with me, who is against me?’ It’s Romans 8:31, I believe,” Aponte said.

Aponte said he hit the ground when gunshots rang out and later learned the artist had died.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Orlando police say multiple suspects were detained during the operation but have not specified how many. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is now investigating the police shooting, which is standard protocol.