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A man barricaded inside a Melbourne Beach home who shot at a SWAT team with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has been killed after deputies returned fire, Sheriff Wayne Ivey said. A woman who was also inside the home was also shot in the exchange of gunfire.

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She was transported to the hospital for her injuries and was talking at the time of her transport. Her current condition is unknown.

BCSO was executing a search warrant for the home when one male exited, but the female and another male refused to come out.

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“We addressed them several times, ‘Please come out! Please come out!’ and they didn’t. Eventually, the male subject, from what we can tell at this time, stepped into the hallway with a shotgun, pointed at our team, and fired,” Sheriff Ivey said.

“We’ve had a number of complaints from the neighbors,” said Sheriff Ivey. “Our purpose for being here originally was to execute a drug search warrant.”

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