MIRAMAR, Fla. \u2014 Rodolfo Mirabal remains the only one out of four Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies whose case was on appeal after dismissal over a 2019 fatal shootout in Miramar, according to the Broward State Attorney\u2019s Office on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
There were two innocent bystanders dead after a shootout during backed-up rush hour traffic on Dec. 5, 2019<\/a>, in Miramar. The shooters were two felons on the run who also died, and 20 in law enforcement.<\/p>\n Investigators found that a bullet that Mirabal fired struck Rick Cutshaw, who was in his car on Miramar Parkway when he died on his way home after work, records show. He was 70. <\/p>\n Five bullets that Mirabal and M-DSO deputies Jose Mateo, Richard Santiesteban, and Leslie Lee fired struck Frank Ordonez, a 27-year-old father who was working as a UPS driver when the felons took him hostage, according to investigators. <\/p>\n In 2024<\/a>, a Broward County grand jury issued indictments charging Mirabal on two counts of manslaughter with a firearm, and charging Mateo, Santiesteban, and Lee on one count each of manslaughter with a firearm.<\/p>\n In 2025<\/a>, Broward County Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that Mateo was \u201cjustified\u201d in using deadly force and supported the application of immunity under Florida\u2019s \u201cStand Your Ground\u201d law. <\/p>\n The Broward State Attorney\u2019s Office released a statement<\/a> saying, \u201cStand Your Ground immunity does not apply in matters involving innocent bystanders.\u201d<\/p>\n