OVER 100 ROUNDS FIRED AT THE SUSPECT !

ORLANDO --

Nine Orange County deputies were put on administrative leave as investigators sort through the details of a deadly shooting.

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said it all started around 5 a.m. Tuesday, when deputies zeroed in on Torey Breedlove in a planned arrest for felony auto theft charges.

Deputies On Leave

Source: Orange County Sheriff’s Office of Media Relations

* Hector Cartagena, hired 1998
* Rafael Cruz, hired 1997
* Jason Gorberg, hired 2006
* John Leone, hired 1994
* Jason Popovich, hired 2001
* Randall Root, hired 1995
* Richard Schmeltzer, hired 2001
* Troy Tiegs, hired 1998
* Paul Volkerson, hired 1999

Deputies said they followed Breedlove into the Alta Westgate apartment complex, where they saw him get out of the stolen car and get into his own car.

When they approached his vehicle, Demings said Breedlove violently resisted by trying to ram deputies with his car.

Demings said he stood by his deputies in their choice to use deadly force, because Breedlove had a long rap sheet, and deputies said they had reason to believe he was armed and dangerous.

Deputies allegedly fired on Breedlove’s car until he called to them that he wanted to surrender, but when they attempted to approach his car, they said he apparently tried to ram them again.

That was when deputies responded with a second volley of gunfire, killing Breedlove.

Over 100 rounds were fired, Demings said over 100 rounds.

There were several errant rounds, but Demings said no one was injured by those bullets.

There has been strong reaction from residents in the apartment complex about why deputies chose to confront Breedlove in a residential area, and whether deputies used excessive force.

“In this community, one thing is for certain is that this community does not want to see high-speed pursuits,” Demings said, “and that’s why it was really, I think, incumbent upon the deputies to try to stop the individual from leaving that parking lot -- and ultimately that’s what they did.”

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting. Once it concludes, the case will be presented to the state Attorney’s Office for review.

Demings would not say whether deputies found Breedlove armed within his car, citing the ongoing investigation.