VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Body camera and helicopter videos released Thursday shed light on the moments before a fatal deputy-involved shooting in Volusia County earlier this week.
The incident began Tuesday afternoon when DeLand officers pulled over Gregory Howe because he wasn’t wearing a seat belt and quickly discovered his license was suspended, according to the footage.
The video shows officers asking him why he was reaching inside his white GMC truck, which Howe denied doing. Less than two minutes into the encounter, Howe goes quiet and stops answering the officer’s questions.
The two officers on scene describe Howe as a possible signal 20, a police code used for mentally disturbed suspects. As an officer tells Howe that his license is