DELAND, Fla. \u2013 A driver is dead after a deputy-involved shooting in a Walmart Neighborhood Market parking lot in DeLand early Saturday morning, according to the Volusia Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Investigators say the incident began Friday night when DeLand police tried to stop a reckless driver who nearly hit a pedestrian in downtown DeLand.<\/p>\n
According to the sheriff\u2019s office, the driver took off with headlights off, ran red lights and fled west on State Road 44 while officers pursued the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Deputies later found the vehicle around 4:30 a.m. at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on South Woodland Boulevard.<\/p>\n
The sheriff\u2019s office says as deputies approached, the driver accelerated and tried to flee again.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne deputy fired a shot through the windshield, striking the driver,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office wrote in a social media post Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
Investigators say the vehicle continued a short distance through the parking lot before crashing.<\/p>\n
The driver was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
As of Saturday morning, the shopping center parking lot remained closed and surrounded by crime scene tape.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Volusia Sheriff\u2019s Office told News 6 investigators are now reviewing body camera footage and other video connected to the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this point I don\u2019t expect further updates until we are able to download and review body camera + any other available footage,\u201d the spokesperson said in a message to News 6. \u201cIt may be Monday when we put that all together and provide a more comprehensive update.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is expected to investigate the deputy-involved shooting.<\/p>\n
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