WWE Florida Shooting: Man Shot by a Police Officer in WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida
A man was shot down by a Sheriff's officer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. In a report by CNN, the man was "fixated" with a female wrestler and has a pending court order against him.
WhatCulture.com reports that Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demmings held a press conference on Monday night and revealed details of the incident. He said that police responded to an emergency call of a man with a knife and they gave warnings to him, but he charged at the officers prompting one who felt he was in danger to shoot the man.
The report said that the man was taken to the hospital and Corporal Steve Wall and Deputy Dave Richardson were the two officers at the scene and Corporal Wall fired the shot. The 29-year-old man was said to be obsessed with a female WWE talent, but they did not give any names. The same man has been banned from the WWE property after an arrest was made a few weeks ago.
Police added that the man has previous charges for violence, robbery and battery. TMZ.com revealed that the man is Armando Montalvo, and WWE has filed a restraining order against him because of violent behavior towards facility employees.
The report added that Montalvo threw urine and feces. He also has showed up in a wrestling suit and made threatening remarks to WWE employees because he was not hired. CNN also reported that Montalvo had undergone mental health evaluation.
Executive and part-time wrestler Paul "Triple H" Levesque issued a statement via Twitter saying, "Unfortunately a deranged individual with no WWE affiliation, who had a court order prohibiting him from being on WWE property was involved in an incident with an Orange County Sherriff's deputy in the parking lot of the WWE Performance Center. We defer to the Orange County Sherriff's department for further comment and information."
Just recently, WWE Superstar Dean Ambrose was almost attacked during a SmackDown taping in Providence, Rhode Island. The guy was said to have a sharp object but security quickly body slammed the man to the ground as reported by TMZ.
Another recent attack involved Ambrose's partner, and former "SHIELD" brother Roman Reigns. Reigns was struck in the head by a replica of Money in the Bank briefcase during a live event in Victoria, British Colombia. The fan was arrested and was banned by WWE in all of its future events, Bleacher Report revealed.
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