BSO Deputy Charged in Fatal Air Rifle Shooting: Nothing Was in Suspect's Ears

The Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy charged with manslaughter in the 2013 shooting of a man carrying an air rifle said he didn’t see anything in the man’s ears at the time of the shooting, according to an official statement to detectives obtained by NBC 6 Wednesday. Deputy Peter Peraza told detectives Jermaine McBean had nothing in his ears that would have obstructed his ability to hear the deputy’s commands to drop the rifle before the fatal shooting, according to the statement.