Kevin Anthony Battaglia

Deadly force

Police received a call for a well-being check and a weapon violation on Acadiana Drive at 2:05 p.m. and arrived to find a man who was armed and wearing a bulletproof vest. Kevin Anthony Battaglia refused assistance and made threats to deputies before firing shots at a deputy who was called to the scene to provide backup. Battaglia barricaded himself inside his home and continued to shoot at law enforcement officers, who shot and killed him.