Sheriff: Orange deputy shoots, kills man who attacked partners

An Orange County deputy shot and killed a man who had attacked deputies with a bar stool inside a home off Goldenrod Road, Sheriff John Mina said.

Mina said deputies were called to a home on Fort Clinch Avenue in the Stonebridge subdivision around 1 p.m. for a disturbance.

The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Eddie Humberto Segura, had reportedly struck his mother and was behaving violently and breaking things, the sheriff said.

When deputies tried to arrest Segura, he struggled and grabbed the bar stool, which he swung at deputies, Mina said.

One deputy fired his gun, fatally wounding Segura, Mina said.

Two deputies were taken to AdventHealth East Orlando with minor defensive injuries to their arms, Mina said.

The sheriff said the shooting, which will be investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, was recorded by body worn cameras. Deputies tried to use a stun gun to subdue Segura prior to shooting him but it was “ineffective,” Mina said.

He said he couldn’t say whether Segura had any other weapons. He called the situation “pretty chaotic.”

“What we do know for sure is that he violently attacked our deputies with that bar stool,” Mina said. “… They actually had to put up their arms and back up and were actually struck by the bar stool at least one or two times.”

Mina said deputies had been to the home before. Records show Orange County deputies arrested Segura in 2015 on resisting officer with violence and battery on an officer charges, but he was found incompetent to proceed with the case.

“We have been there at least six times in the past for some type of mental issues and/or disturbances,” he said. “The address was flagged because of the individual’s propensity of violence towards our deputies.”

There were two other people inside the home, neither of whom were hurt, Mina said.

The deputy who fired, whose name has not been released, was placed on administrative leave, Mina said. That is typical in shoot

ings by law enforcement officers.

Mina said the deputy had been with the agency for about two years.

The FDLE investigation, once complete, will be reviewed by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office. The Sheriff ’s Office will also conduct its own internal investigation.

Neighbors said the subdivision is usually quiet.

Tamara Ray, who has lived in the neighborhood for 11 years, said she has seen Segura people watching from his driveway with his mother at his side. She said she never noticed anything out of the ordinary.

“It’s very surprising when you come home and your street is blocked off by a bunch of cop cars,” she said. “You don’t know what to think.”

The last Orange County deputy-involved shooting occurred May 1 when a 49-year-old man allegedly pointed a gun at deputies when they responded to a loud music call. He was hit, but survived the shooting.