FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2026) — Fort Lauderdale police on Friday released new details about the officer-involved shooting that happened Feb. 14 in a residential area near Chateau Park Drive, identifying the man who was killed and the three officers who fired their weapons.
The shooting happened at about 12:47 p.m. in the 900 block of Chateau Park Drive, in the City of Fort Lauderdale. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is the lead agency investigating the shooting, a standard arrangement in Florida for officer-involved shootings, while the Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s Office of Internal Affairs is conducting a separate internal review.
According to Fort Lauderdale police, officers were in the area of Northwest 9th Avenue and Chateau Park Drive responding to a disturbance call when a man arrived on a bicycle and stayed nearby for about seven minutes, before shooting at officers. Police said the man was not connected to the original disturbance call.
Investigators later identified the man as Luis Felipe Londono Ospina, 43, of Fort Lauderdale.
Police said Londono Ospina then armed himself with a handgun, approached officers, and opened fire multiple times while officers were still handling the initial call. The officers gave verbal commands for him to drop the gun, police said, but he continued firing.
Fort Lauderdale police said the suspect then began lowering the firearm toward the officers, and the officers returned fire. Three officers discharged their department-issued firearms, striking Londono Ospina multiple times.
Officers began life-saving measures at the scene until Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue arrived. He was taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The officers involved were identified Friday as Officer Allen Duarte, Officer Bryan David, and Officer Eric Zeplin, all assigned to the department’s Patrol Division.
Under Fort Lauderdale Police Department policy, the three officers were immediately placed on administrative leave with pay after the shooting. Police said that after an initial review by the department’s Office of Internal Affairs, all three officers have since returned to full duty.
Responsibility for the criminal investigation now sits with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which continues to review the shooting. At the same time, Fort Lauderdale police said its Internal Affairs unit is conducting what the department described as a thorough review of the incident. Those two tracks — an outside criminal investigation and an internal administrative review — are standard procedure after a police shooting.
For residents, the key facts are now clearer than they were in the immediate aftermath. The shooting happened while officers were already on scene for another call. Police say the man who was killed was not part of that original disturbance but entered the area separately, armed himself, and fired at officers. The state investigation remains open, and any final determinations about the officers’ actions will come through that process, not through the initial department release.
The department also released a video link with its statement Friday as public scrutiny of the shooting continues. Further findings, including any investigative conclusions from FDLE, would be expected later as the case moves through the standard review process.
As this investigation develops, additional police activity updates are tracked on Boca Post’s public safety page.
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