The following incident took place here in Hillsborough County Saturday. A man named Jorge Bello went to the home of his estranged wife and shot her to death along with her new boyfriend and a female friend. He then fled in his truck before being stopped by three HCSO deputies. The following describes the shootout.
Bello was hit multiple times with a larger caliber and still was able to fight. Now imagine the same determination from a bad guy who has chosen you as his victim. Imagine trying to stop them with the puniest of handgun calibers.
Three deputies ordered Bello out of his truck, but he opened a sliding rear window and fired at a deputy's cruiser, sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway said.
The deputies fired back, and Bello opened his passenger door and continued firing. Deputy Arturo "Art" Lence, 53, was hit in the lower torso. The bullet exited through his back, and he fell to the ground.
Deputy Raymond Wilson, 56, was hit in the left forearm and crawled to a ditch on the west side of the road for safety. Bello walked over to Wilson and tried to wrestle the deputy's firearm from him, Callaway said.
That's when Deputy Malachi McCoy ran up and shot the gunman in the head, killing him, Callaway said.
When the bullets were counted, investigators said deputies had fired more than 50 rounds. They think Bello was hit multiple times before McCoy fired the fatal shot.
Deputies believe Bello fired at least 13 shots, Callaway said.
Bello was hit multiple times with a larger caliber and still was able to fight. Now imagine the same determination from a bad guy who has chosen you as his victim. Imagine trying to stop them with the puniest of handgun calibers.