NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) —Newly released video taken on a Facebook live stream during a deputy-involved shooting near Fort Lauderdale reveals the high-stakes moments officer said they were forced to fire.

Broward Sheriff deputies responded to a 911 call of a disturbance with a firearm along the 2500 block of Northwest Ninth Court, just south of Sunrise Boulevard and near Interstate 95, Sunday evening.

According to the man’s family, he apparently barricade himself inside the home with his wife and children.

“This is my cousin Jarrell Johnson,” said a woman referencing a photograph.

The ordeal was heartbreaking for his family to watch as they pleaded with him to come outside and surrender.

“Don’t shoot him. Don’t shoot him,” a woman begged.

But according to deputies, they were

See Full Page