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The video shown here, shot with a heat-detecting camera from a Sheriff's Office helicopter, shows the last moments of Jay Scott Duff's life on Dec. 16, 1999. Duff, 33, who was wanted for questioning in two robberies, was pulled over in a Longwood office park, north of Orlando. Police, who suspected Duff had a gun, withdrew and called for help from the Seminole Sheriff's Office. Here, Duff runs at a group of deputies and six of them fire. Sgt. Gene Fry is armed with a military surplus M-16A1 and one of the 17 rounds he fired hit Duff in the head. Other bullets fired by Fry and others traveled beyond Duff, striking businesses and cars to the left of the screen. Fry continued firing after Duff was down because he believed Duff was still moving. The barrel of Fry's M-16 is seen white hot in the video as he approaches Duff, who was killed. Duff had no weapon, just a toy gun. But he had already written a suicide note before running at deputies that night.
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