- December 9, 2024
-
-
Loading
Loading
A man was killed by a Volusia County Sheriff's Office sniper after deputies say he fired about 200 rounds at neighboring units and law enforcement in an Ormond-by-the-Sea condominium on Thanksgiving morning.
VSO reported that deputies responded to the Kingston Shores Condominiums at 5500 Ocean Shore Blvd. the morning of Thursday, Nov. 28, after receiving a call about a man shooting multiple rounds outside his condo and at his neighbor's residences. The man, identified as 56-year-old Joseph DiFusco, also fired at a VSO vehicle from inside his condo.
DiFusco was a military veteran, a convicted felon out of his home state of Connecticut and the "subject of a pending ex parte order in Volusia County due to a series of extreme mental health episodes that included delusions, hallucinations, manic behavior, and threats to his wife’s and daughter’s lives," VSO reported on its Facebook page.
The incident took place over several hours. The agency reported at 1:30 p.m. that DiFusco had been shot and killed. There were no other injuries and neighbors had been evacuated that morning.
VSO recovered two Thompson submachine guns, a .45 caliber handgun and a 12-gauge shotgun from inside DiFusco’s condominium.
"On behalf of Sheriff Chitwood, we would like to thank everyone for their cooperation, patience, and prayers during this potentially dangerous incident," VSO wrote on its Facebook post.
