OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A standoff between Osceola County law enforcement officers and an armed man began Saturday in Intercession City after the man allegedly fired shots and refused to give himself up, according to a statement from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded around 9 p.m. to an address on Caloosa Street in reference to a wanted subject who was making threats with a weapon, according to the statement. The man was wanted due to a warrant for a burglary charge out of Volusia County, deputies said.
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The man — identified as 31-year-old Xavier Carlisle — refused to leave a residence and “fired what sounded like two shots,” at which time a SWAT team was called to the scene, the statement reads. Carlisle ran into the back yard and into a shed “where what sounded like another shot was fired,” deputies said.
Carlisle emerged from the shed and was taken into custody after the SWAT team deployed a “less-lethal gas” into the structure, according to the statement.
Investigators located a firearm in the shed that they believe Carlisle used. He was booked at the Osceola County jail without further incident, the sheriff’s office stated.
Carlisle was given a $1,000 bond amount as he faces charges of resisting arrest without violence and discharging a firearm in public, booking records show.
No other details were given.
Note: Due to the information provided, this map depicts the general area of the incident and not necessarily its exact location.
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