FDLE investigating fatal Orange County deputy-involved shooting

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — James Bauday, 48, was shot by two Orange County deputies around 8:30 p.m. Friday near Lime Avenue and West South Street in Orlando, officials said.

Sheriff Jerry Demings said the felony unit received a tip that the accused shooter was in the area.

Deputies said they thought Bauday had a weapon, so they shot him.

"They (deputies) gave this individual who they believed to be a dangerous individual instructions and he failed to comply. He made some type of 'flirted' move and they thought he was armed and they shot him and he died as a result of his injuries," Demings said.

Near where he was shot, someone wrote on the apartment building, "Rest in peace New York." It's the nickname by which most people knew Bauday.

"He was such a good guy. No matter what stories I hear, I don't really believe any of them because I didn't hear them from him," neighbor Jennifer McNulty said.

Sgt. Bruce Vail and Cpl. Randolph Hovland were the deputies involved in the incident. They have been reassigned to administrative duties for no less than a week, pending an administrative investigation.

Vail has been employed with the Sheriff’s Office since 1994. Hovland has been employed there since 1998.

The investigation began Thursday when Elfriede Assendorf was found dead from a gunshot wound in her home at 2721 Ingeborg Court in Windermere.

Demings said Assendorf is the mother of the Bauday's girlfriend.

Bauday is also accused of carjacking his girlfriend and tossing her out of the vehicle in the Windermere area.

It's not clear if the man's girlfriend was injured.

There is no body camera video of the shooting; however, a witness said there is cellphone video of the incident. If you have video you want to share of the shooting, email webdesk@wftv.com.

The two deputies who shot the man have been placed on routine administrative leave.

Neither deputy has any disciplinary history with the state.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting and if Bauday was armed; witnesses said he wasn't.

"They (witnesses) say when they jumped out on him, he ran up into that wall. He didn't have nowhere else to go and he just held his hands up and by the time he held his hands up, he was getting shot. He started getting shot," said a witness who did not want to be identified.

McNulty said if he was armed, it was for protection.

Let Your Voice Be Heard, a community activist group in Orange County, said residents in the community are in fear from the shooting and are in "fear of the entities that are in place to keep them safe." The group has asked the Orange County Sheriff's Office and elected officials to participate in a public forum to address the community's concerns.

Watch: Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings gives update on deputy-involved shooting

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