BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Cocoa police officer is being held in jail with out bond after an hourslong standoff with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team.
Patrick Michael Kelly, 39, confronted a choose Thursday morning. Cocoa police confirmed to News 6 that Kelly is an officer.
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The sheriff’s workplace stated deputies have been known as to a house on Framura Lane in Viera round 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Investigators stated a lady known as for assist saying that Kelly was threatening her and himself with a gun.
The SWAT staff was known as to barter with Kelly, in line with a news launch. During the standoff, deputies stated Kelly fired his gun a number of instances from inside the house. Pictures from the scene present a number of bullet holes within the window of a house, nevertheless, deputies stated nobody was harm by the gunfire.
Records present Kelly was arrested simply after 6 a.m.
In an announcement, the Cocoa Police Department revealed that Kelly had beforehand been arrested on a cost of home violence battery in 2017, however was allowed to maintain his job as a result of the costs have been dropped.
“While there are those in the community that will take this opportunity to attribute the actions of Officer Kelly to current departmental leadership, Officer Kelly was previously arrested back in 2017 for felony domestic violence battery. After those charges were dropped, Officer Kelly was allowed to remain with the department,” the assertion reads.
The division added that he’s now suspended with out pay pending his termination. Kelly had been employed as a Cocoa police officer since December 2007, in line with the assertion.
Kelly faces fees of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon and discharging a firearm in public.
Through his lawyer, the officer has already filed a plea of not responsible and request for a jury trial.
This is a creating story and will likely be up to date as quickly as further information turns into accessible.
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