Judge dismiss manslaughter charge against former MDSO deputy involved in shooting that killed UPS driver

A manslaughter charge has been dropped against former Miami-Dade Police Deputy Jose Mateo one of the several officers indicted in shootout that led to the death of an UPS delivery driver after a judge sided with his motion to dismiss the development based on the Florida s stand your ground law The Broward County Judge Ernest Kollra handed out an order Thursday saying after applying the statutory in event law to the facts of this situation and determining the credibility of the viewers who testified the court finds the fact in testimony to endorsement the application of immunity under Florida s stand your ground law Adding the court finds that the state has not established by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant did not have reasonable belief to use deadly force and it was necessary to prevent imminent death of his own The charges stemmed from the Florida s Department of Law Enforcement saying that the bullets that hit UPS driver Frank Ordonez were fired by each of the indicted officers Civilian Richard Cutshaw was also struck by the gunfire The trial played out in court over the syllabus of several weeks with the prosecution and defense calling a wide array of witness to the stand including bystanders a FDLE agent and a MDSO s sergeant deputy and pilot