{"id":262926,"date":"2026-05-08T02:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262926\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T02:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:44:12","slug":"man-accused-of-recklessly-leaving-scene-of-nightclub-shooting-fleeing-orange-county-deputy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262926\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of recklessly leaving scene of nightclub shooting, fleeing Orange County deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA man arrested early Wednesday in Orange County is accused of recklessly leaving the scene of a shooting at a nightclub and trying to run from the deputy who pursued him, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.Miguel Antonio Umana Jr., 25, faces charges of fleeing\/eluding law enforcement with lights and sirens active, reckless driving, and driving with a suspended or revoked license, booking records show.Deputies responded around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to Le Palace along South Orange Blossom Trail, where it was reported a physical fight had resulted in a shooting, according to Umana&#8217;s arrest affidavit. A man who shot two other men in their 20s was then shot by a security guard who returned fire, the Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office reported later that day, adding at the time that another person who was in the suspect&#8217;s car fled the scene but was later arrested. The three men who were shot were taken to the hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office. Further details of what led to the shooting have not yet been released.&gt;&gt;Video above: 3 people shot at Le Palace nightclubUmana&#8217;s arrest affidavit states a deputy was responding to the reported shooting when they located the fleeing vehicle and pursued it southbound on South Orange Blossom Trail. The deputy used a PIT maneuver on the car, causing it to spin out and come to a stop in the middle of the road, yet when the deputy exited their vehicle and gave the fleeing driver commands to do the same, the driver allegedly made a U-turn across the center median and began to travel north instead, according to the affidavit.Now closer to the road&#8217;s intersection with 36th Street, the deputy said they performed a second PIT maneuver on the vehicle, which then came to a stop. Umana, noted as the vehicle&#8217;s sole occupant, was placed in a patrol vehicle and taken to a hospital for his injuries before being transferred to corrections officers, the affidavit states.Umana is being held on no bond pursuant to the charge of fleeing\/eluding, records show.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A man arrested early Wednesday in Orange County is accused of recklessly leaving the scene of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/le-palace-nightclub-orlando-investigation\/71227654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a shooting at a nightclub<\/a> and trying to run from the deputy who pursued him, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Antonio Umana Jr., 25, faces charges of fleeing\/eluding law enforcement with lights and sirens active, reckless driving, and driving with a suspended or revoked license, booking records show.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday to Le Palace along South Orange Blossom Trail, where it was reported a physical fight had resulted in a shooting, according to Umana&#8217;s arrest affidavit. <\/p>\n<p>A man who shot two other men in their 20s was then shot by a security guard who returned fire, the Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office reported later that day, adding at the time that another person who was in the suspect&#8217;s car fled the scene but was later arrested. <\/p>\n<p>The three men who were shot were taken to the hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office. Further details of what led to the shooting have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;Video above: 3 people shot at Le Palace nightclub<\/p>\n<p>Umana&#8217;s arrest affidavit states a deputy was responding to the reported shooting when they located the fleeing vehicle and pursued it southbound on South Orange Blossom Trail. <\/p>\n<p>The deputy used a PIT maneuver on the car, causing it to spin out and come to a stop in the middle of the road, yet when the deputy exited their vehicle and gave the fleeing driver commands to do the same, the driver allegedly made a U-turn across the center median and began to travel north instead, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>Now closer to the road&#8217;s intersection with 36th Street, the deputy said they performed a second PIT maneuver on the vehicle, which then came to a stop. Umana, noted as the vehicle&#8217;s sole occupant, was placed in a patrol vehicle and taken to a hospital for his injuries before being transferred to corrections officers, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n<p>Umana is being held on no bond pursuant to the charge of fleeing\/eluding, records show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man arrested early Wednesday in Orange County is accused of recklessly leaving the scene of a shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2293,4561,113265,113266,2391,113264,660,15014,139,141,140,113267,725,2631,215,50302,113263,732],"class_list":["post-262926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-arrest-affidavit","tag-deputy","tag-le-palace","tag-life-threatening-injury","tag-man","tag-nightclub-shooting","tag-office","tag-orange-county-deputy","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-record-show","tag-scene","tag-sheriff","tag-shooting","tag-south-orange-blossom-trail","tag-umana","tag-vehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}