DiFusco was a convicted felon in Connecticut for firearms offenses, Chitwood said. The incident began Thursday morning at Kingston Shores Condominiums at 5500 Ocean Shore Blvd. It was reported that DiFusco had shot at a deputy's vehicle from inside his condominium and also targeted neighboring units.

A man is dead following an hours long SWAT standoff in Ormond-By-The-Sea. Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said the suspect, Joseph DiFusco, was “armed for Armageddon.” Chitwood said Difusco fired hundreds of rounds into people’s condos and at deputies and their vehicles.

A sniper with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team shot and killed a man accused of shooting at condo units and law enforcement near Ormond-By-The-Sea on Thanksgiving, according to Sheriff Mike Chitwood.

Residents of a Volusia County apartment complex faced a harrowing Thanksgiving morning as more than 200 rounds of gunfire shattered the holiday calm.

A man accused of shooting at law enforcement and into homes is dead after an hours-long standoff in Central Florida on Thanksgiving Day.

The gunman, who was a veteran from Connecticut, was having a mental health crisis, according to the sheriff's office.

A heavily armed man fired more than 200 rounds at neighbors and sheriff's deputies from his Ormond-by-the-Sea condo, the VCSO said.

A Florida man was killed by a Volusia Sheriff's Office sniper after he reportedly fired more than 200 rounds at neighboring condos over several hours on Thanksgiving morning, authorities said.