CLERMONT, Florida—The name of the man killed in an armed confrontation with deputies Sunday has been released.
James Edward Vought, 49, died Sunday after confronting a Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputy armed with a rifle, according to LCSO Lt. John Herrell. LCSO responded to 10630 Reagans Run Drive, Clermont just after 5 p.m. Sunday on a report of a suicidal man armed with a rifle. A deputy encountered Vought and during the confrontation, the man was fatally shot by the deputy, Herrell said.
The shooting is under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and deputy has been placed on administrative leave, standard procedure in a deputy-involved shooting.
Vought was arrested in August for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after being accused of charging someone with a knife, according to an arrest affidavit. Vought was at a home on Kipling Court in Clermont when he apparently got upset about something. He took a knife from behind his back and charged the victim with it and began kicking him, and it was captured on video.
Another man came to the victim’s defense and all three fell to the ground and Vought was struck multiple times in the face. Vought was taken into custody and after he was medically cleared, he was transported to the Lake County Jail, where he was released on $2,000 bond.
