Suspect shot and killed during confrontation with deputies in Oakland Park: BSO

A suspect was shot and killed during a confrontation with deputies in Oakland Park Wednesday afternoon, officials said

The incident happened around 2:45 p.m. in the 800 block of E. Prospect Road.

Aerial footage showed at least a couple dozen law enforcement officers at the scene. Part of a parking lot was closed off by yellow crime scene tape and what appeared to be a body was lying on the ground next to a BMW SUV that had apparent bullet holes in the windshield.

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Broward Sheriff's Office officials said deputies with their crime suppression team were searching for a domestic violence suspect and when they found him, there was a standoff and a confrontation.

Deputies were forced to fire, killing the suspect at the scene, officials said. No other injuries were reported.

BSo identified the man on Thursday as 51-year-old Alexander Staal.

Cellphone video shows deputies cornering Staal and repeatedly asking the man, who they called Alex, to show his hands.

"Let me see your hands, let me see your hands!" the deputies demanded.

Staal, who was wearing an aqua-colored shirt, then emerges from a black car. He appears to lift his shirt with his left hand, and then with his right hand, he appears to lift something black.

At least two deputies could be seen ducking before several shots were fired.

BSO spokesman Carey Codd said multiple deputies opened fire and will be placed on administrative assignment, which is standard procedure for the department.

Officials said Staal was wanted on multiple felony domestic violence charges including attempted kidnapping, burglary of a dwelling with battery, aggravated stalking after injunction for protection and domestic battery related to an incident that occurred in Oakland Park on Jan. 7.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate, which is also standard in shootings involving law enforcement.