Yoel Arnaldo Mejia Santel

Deadly force

Yoel Santel was standing in the doorway of a home when three deputies tried to reach in the home and grab him. Santel fell back and then retreated to a bathroom. At that point, deputies said Yantel then armed himself with a machete. Santel refused to leave the bathroom, and said, "Did you smell that gas? I poured gas everywhere." Deputies later said they smelled gas. Deputies introduced a chemical agent to get Santel to exit the bathroom. When a fourth deputy who arrived and reached down to pick up the can of the chemical agent, Santel reportedly charged out of the bathroom with a machete over his head toward the deputies. Deputies shot and killed him.