MARGATE, Fla. — A Margate police officer shot and killed an 82-year-old man Sunday afternoon after citizens called 911 about a man who was pointing a gun at people inside Veterans Memorial Park.
Shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday, people reported that a man was in the park and marina waving the gun at people and firing it into the ground at 7044 NW First St., said Lt. Alain Banatte, a spokesperson for Margate Police.
When officers confronted Jose Antonio Suarez, of Margate, he continued to shoot into the ground and waved the gun at the officers, Banatte said.
