Man points rifle at Lake County Sheriff’s deputy. Fatal shooting of James Vought in Clermont Florida

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Lake County, Clermont, Florida – On Sunday, September 11, 2022, body cam video shows a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy fatally shoot a man holding a rifle. Deputies were called to Reagans Run Drive near Clermont in response to a 49-year-old man, identified as James Vought, with a mental health issue. Deputies said they arrived shortly after 5 p.m. and encountered Vought. Bodycam video shows the man was sitting inside a screened porch in the back of a home when deputies arrived. A deputy calls out to the man and orders him to put the gun down. Vought appears to move the gun in the video and the deputy orders him to point the gun down. The sheriff’s office said the deputy was threatened with the rifle. The deputy draws his weapon and fires multiple times. Vought was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Clermont is a city in Lake County, Florida, about 22 miles west of Orlando.