Orange County Sheriff’s Office settles with family of man shot, killed at Florida Mall in 2020

The family of Salaythis Melvin, who was shot and killed by an Orange County sheriff’s agent as he ran away across a parking lot at the Florida Mall in 2020, will get $1 million and a personal apology letter in a settlement reached with the sheriff’s office. News 6 exclusively obtained the agreement on Thursday, which says the Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund, an insurance fund, will pay Melvin’s estate and his mother, Michelin McKee, $1 million on behalf of Orange County Sheriff John Mina and Sheriff’s Agent James Montiel.