'I'll Kill You': Video Shows Woman with Knife Advance on Fla. Deputies

Orange County deputies responding to a call confronted a woman armed with a large knife who allegedly threatened to kill them and continued advancing before she was fatally shot, according to the sheriff.

July 6, 2026

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Orange County sheriff's deputies fatally shot a woman Wednesday after investigators say she exited a home with a large knife, ignored commands to drop it and advanced toward deputies while threatening to kill them.
Sheriff John Mina said deputies backed away toward the street and repeatedly ordered the woman to drop the knife before three deputies opened fire; deputies then rendered first aid before she was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The woman, who was in her 50s and had a prior Baker Act-related mental health history, was the subject of a call reporting incoherent screaming; the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.

By Silas Morgan

Source Orlando Sentinel

Deputies fatally shot a woman Wednesday (June 3) after she ignored commands and advanced towards them with a knife, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.

The deputies had responded around 1 p.m. to a home on the 8200 block of Tivoli Drive near the Dr. Phillips neighborhood to reports of a woman screaming incoherently in another language, Mina said at a news conference a few hours after the incident.

When deputies arrived and knocked on the home’s front door, the woman exited while holding a large knife and moved toward them. The deputies retreated toward the street and repeatedly ordered her to drop the knife, but she refused and continued toward them, shouting “I’ll kill you” in English, Mina said.

Three deputies opened fire and shot the woman. They rendered first aid until she was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The woman, who was in her 50s, was not identified, as her next of kin had not been notified yet. Mina said the woman had been previously held outside of Orange County under the provisions of the Baker Act, which allows law enforcement to involuntarily commit people to a mental health facility for up to 72 hours.

It did not appear there was anyone else in the home at the time of the incident.

As per standard procedure, the three deputies involved were placed on temporary paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which will send its review to the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office. The sheriff’s office will release body camera footage from the incident within 30 days. (Editor's note: The sheriff's office has released body camera footage of the incident.)

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