An armed man beforehand convicted of homicide shot by Orlando police Friday outdoors an Orange County fuel station has died, based on a information launch from OPD.
The company recognized the person Saturday afternoon as Marvin Martin, 63, in an emailed information launch. The discharge mentioned he died of unknown issues. Proper after the capturing he was taken to a hospital and reported in secure situation.
Orlando cops and Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies responded to the BP fuel station within the 400 block of South John Younger Parkway after studies round 2:20 p.m. of a person with a gun, OPD Chief Eric Smith mentioned throughout a Friday afternoon information convention.
Smith mentioned through the information convention that officers confronted the person on the sidewalk outdoors the fuel station and he refused verbal instructions to drop the gun — after which an OPD officer shot him. He confronted costs together with resisting with out violence, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and illegal exhibition of a firearm.
He described the incident as a scary state of affairs.
“There’s lots of people on the busy enterprise of BP, so you bought to make a judgment name, you bought to behave, you give the a number of instructions to drop the gun,” Smith mentioned. “Individuals are in danger. It’s important to take motion.”
Smith didn’t launch the suspect’s title proper after the incident however did say the person, now recognized as Martin, served 20 years in jail for second-degree homicide and was launched in 2023. He mentioned the officer who shot him was not injured and will likely be positioned on paid administrative depart pending an investigation into the capturing by the Florida Division of Regulation Enforcement — normal apply in a police capturing.
Martin’s motives are unknown however the chief mentioned he’d been seen strolling alongside and close to South John Younger Parkway brandishing the gun.