A year after a tense confrontation in southwest Miami-Dade ended in gunfire, the county’s top prosecutor has cleared a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy in a deadly April 2025 shooting, saying the use of force was legally justified. The decision comes as authorities release body-worn camera footage that lays out, in stark detail, the lead-up to the shooting.
The deputy at the center of the case, 27-year-old Devin Jaramillo, was later killed in the line of duty in November 2025. The ruling closes a year-long criminal review into a shooting that has now become part of his brief, complicated legacy.
State Attorney Signs Off on Deadly Force
After combing through body-worn video, witness interviews and other evidence, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office concluded that Jaramillo’s use of deadly force met the legal bar for justification, according to Local 10. Prosecutors said the footage shows the deputy repeatedly ordering a man not to reach for his weapon before opening fire when the man continued moving toward the gun.
Officials released the body-worn camera video on Monday as part of the formal finding, giving the public a frame-by-frame look at the split-second decisions that later landed on a prosecutor’s desk.
What the Bodycam Footage Shows
According to 911 records and video reviewed by investigators, deputies were dispatched on April 13, 2025, to a domestic-dispute call in southwest Miami-Dade after a woman reported that her husband had followed her from Georgia and was armed, NBC 6 South Florida reported.
The bodycam footage shows the man, identified in reporting as Kelly Allen Hudson, stepping out of a car, lifting his shirt to reveal a handgun tucked into his waistband, and then reaching toward it. Investigators say that movement is what prompted Jaramillo to fire.
Hudson was taken from the scene to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Deputy Later Killed Responding to Separate Call
Months after the April shooting, Jaramillo himself was killed in the line of duty. On November 7, 2025, he was fatally shot while responding to a separate traffic-crash call, according to coverage by the Miami Herald.
The reporting describes the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office grieving the loss of the young deputy and holding memorials in his honor, even as questions about his earlier use of force remained under review.
Florida Law and the Decision to Clear the Shooting
Under Florida law, an officer can use deadly force when the officer reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. That standard is laid out in Chapter 776 of the Florida Statutes.
Prosecutors said they applied that statute to the body-worn camera footage and witness accounts before deciding the shooting was justified, according to Local 10.
The State Attorney’s finding wraps up the criminal review of the April 2025 shooting, but the release of the video is almost certain to keep debate alive over officer-involved shootings and transparency in Miami-Dade. Hoodline will monitor any further statements from prosecutors, the Sheriff’s Office and the families involved.
