Suspected gunman who fired more than 200 rounds at Florida condo units killed by sniper's bullet, sheriff says

A Connecticut man was changeable and killed by a Florida sheriff's sniper aft helium allegedly fired much than 200 rounds astatine neighboring homes and astatine authorities implicit respective hours connected Thursday.

The suspect, identified arsenic Joseph DiFusco, was killed by a sniper with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, but nary 1 other was harmed, the sheriff's bureau said. 

DiFusco, 56, was a snowbird who perchance brought firearms from retired of authorities due to the fact that helium was staying astatine an Airbnb, Sheriff Mike Chitwood said, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal. 

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A partition is riddled with slug holes aft a antheral opened occurrence Thursday astatine a Florida condominium analyzable earlier helium was changeable and killed by a sheriff's sniper, authorities said. (Volusia County Sheriff's Office)

Deputies responded to the Kingston Shores condominiums adjacent Ormond-by-the-Sea astatine astir 4 a.m. aft DiFusco reported having suicidal thoughts but declined aesculapian transport, FOX Orlando reported. Deputies were called backmost to the country 2 hours aboriginal erstwhile DiFusco allegedly began firing into neighboring units and astatine responding instrumentality enforcement officers.

"Probably fired implicit 200 rounds," Chitwood said. "[You could] perceive bullets whizzing implicit our heads, and we were 100 yards back."

Chitwood said deputies conducted 3 erstwhile visits to the condominium complex, the quality presumption reported. 

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Volusia County Sheriff's Office deputies are shown adjacent wherever a antheral was killed aft helium allegedly fired much than 200 rounds astatine a Florida condo analyzable connected Thursday. (Volusia County Sheriff's Office)

"He was not going to negotiate," helium told the quality station. "Every clip we would effort to negotiate, helium would occurrence connected us. [He] turned disconnected his phone. He was equipped to the teeth."

Neighbors were evacuated from the area. Chitwood said DiFusco’s household reached retired to authorities earlier the incident, saying they feared for their safety. 

"They were truthful frightened of him, they were sleeping successful a car," helium said.

He noted that DiFusco had reportedly stopped taking his medicine and had not slept for days.

The walls of the Florida condo analyzable were riddled with bullets connected Thursday. ( Volusia County Sheriff's Office)

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Images released by the sheriff's office amusement the extracurricular walls of the analyzable riddled with slug holes. The ordeal lasted much than 5 hours.

DiFusco barricaded himself successful his rental portion and was equipped with astatine slightest 3 guns, authorities said.