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? we spoke, cnn did, with roy middleton, he s in the hospital recovering from his wounds, this is what he said today. you pulled in my driveway. i heard somebody start yelling pi did think it was a neighbor, but i still was showing my hands, as soon as i showed my hands, i was shot. upon and i complied with the officers, and they still opened fire on me, i felt like i was in front of a firing squad. and 15 shots were fired. some would say that was excessive. in our training when an officer employs deadly force, what you do is you continue to fire until a suspect is incapacitated. and again while a large number of rounds were expended, mr. middleton was only struck once. when mr. middleton went down he had his right hand underneath his body. the third officer that responded to the scene, deputy wright was there also issuing commands, trying to get mr. middleton to take his right hand out from under his body.
drugs, or just, taking it upon himself not to be compliant with following basic direct orders. andre lives next door, he was in the front of the house and watcheded entire scene unravel before him. i lost site of him, his head dipped out of vision. in the hail of gunfire, he shocked middleton was only hit twice. i think he was complying, i don t have any doubt even not being able to see what was going on. that he was complying with them. maybe not in the timeframe that the officer was looking for, but it seemed he was complying. now whether middleton was complying or a deputies acted appropriately, that will be determined in the coming weeks. for now, sheriff david morgan has turned the investigation over to the florida department of law enforcement the state attorney will then have to determine if any laws were broken. wolf? nick valencia reporting. let s get more from the sheriff, david morgan. joining us here in the situation room. so why did your deputy, sheriff,