Jay Donald Stankovitch

Deadly force

Alachua sheriff's SWAT and hostage negotiation teams were called to a property near Bell to assist in a standoff with Jay Donald Stankovitch. Stankovitch's father reported that his son was disturbed and suicidal and armed with a .38-caliber revolver he had stolen. Stankovitch fired the handgun inside the house. After deputies deployed tear gas canisters, he fired out a bathroom window. Then after midnight he came outside pointed the gun at Alachua SWAT members and threw a gas canister. Deputy Kenneth Holt fired two rounds. Both bullets struck Stankovitch in the upper left arm. One passed through into his chest, killing him.