Sheriff IDs 3 deputies who fatally shot psych patient

The three Broward sheriff’s deputies who took aim, fired at and killed a patient at a Tamarac psychiatric hospital were named on Thursday, five days after the fatal shooting.

Authorities were called to University Hospital and Medical Center’s behavioral health unit about 10:30 p.m. Saturday to help subdue a violent, threatening patient who was armed with a sharp piece of glass, according to the sheriff ’s office.

Efforts to calm Jarvis Randall were unsuccessful. One deputy shot the 30-year-old with a bean bag but that failed to subdue him. Randall instead charged at the deputies, a spokeswoman for the agency said.

That’s when three deputies pulled their triggers and took down Randall. He died a little before midnight Saturday.

The shooters were Sgt. Christian Silva, 36, Deputy Robert O’Dor, 47, and Deputy Mitchell Machado, 23, said Veda ColemanWright, the spokeswoman.

The three deputies are on restricted duty while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates the fatal shooting.

Silva has been with the department for 14 years. O’Dor and Machado were hired in 2016, records show.