India, Nov. 4 -- A Florida deputy shot and killed a knife-wielding man holding his little brother hostage at their home in Brandon. According to a news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a domestic violence call at the home on Sunday afternoon. The caller informed that armed suspect Mario Camacho was choking their 7-year-old brother.

When the deputies arrived at the scene, the 27-year-old had barricaded himself and his little brother inside a back bedroom. Upon hearing the child scream, they kicked down the door and found Camacho holding the child hostage at knifepoint, per the sheriff's office.

The deputies found that Camacho was wearing a motorcycle helmet and two tactical vests with ballistic...