ST. CLOUD POLICE DEPARTMENT. MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN. >> Shots fired. Shots fired. >> Officers called to this house have no idea how dangerous it will turn out to be as cops face a shooter father with nothing to lose. >> Come on. Come on. Come on. COME ON. COME ON. >> Get behind the cars. Get behind the cars. Go. Go. Go. Go. >> Come on. Come on. >> I don't want to die. >> Need somebody to get there. He's bleeding. She's bleeding on the upstairs and the longer it takes it, the less success she has. >> I don't know. Upstairs. I took my brother with me. We're outside. >> Okay. But But you said your dad, where's your dad? >> My dad is upstairs with the gun. I don't know. He went back to the room. >> He black or Hispanic? >> He's born Hispanic. >> We're Puerto Rican. Where's your mom? Where the is your mom? Where the your mom? Where's your mom? >> I KILLED MOM. HE JUST SHOT HER. >> On the evening of August 24th, 2024, dispatch receives this chilling 911 call that sends officers racing to St. Cloud, Florida. But with an active shooter inside, the situation is already tense. And before long, events will spiral out of control with fatal consequences. For now, officers carefully approach the scene, unaware of what awaits them. >> Last time we had a call at this address was R23 for a disturbance. Guys, it was just physical. Nothing personal. Nothing visible on the 2023. >> We're up. Let's go. This is 64 neighbors. >> Got it. >> We told the 107 to step outside and go north. And he's now saying that the subject step outside of his house. >> ST. CLOUD POLICE DEPARTMENT. MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN. >> Shots fired. Shots fired. Shots fired. Shots fired. >> I'm good. >> We have shots for everybody. >> Hey, GIVE ME SOMEONE IN THE BACK. >> HEY, find out where the uh victim is. Is she upstairs or downstairs? Hey, let's get some porting tools and we can start to get through some windows to get him moving. >> Davis, are you able to see the suspect through the front door? >> No. >> With the suspect identified as 48-year-old Jose Manuel, willing to do anything, officers need a different plan. To get eyes inside, they deploy a drone. Unaware that he's already one step ahead. Just a resident of 260. >> Do you see him? >> No. Let him shoot that drone if he needs to. >> Oh, yeah. He's in the hallway. He shot the drone. He shot the drone. >> All right, I'm going to back over. >> Hey. Hey, get off the radio. >> Hey, Sarge. He's all the way down the hallway. He's all the way down the hallway with a light going on his on a rifle. It looks like a rifle. >> 1027. advis that the children told him that the mom was upstairs. >> 104 Pat, we don't know her status. We may have to push this. >> Hold on. Stop. Stop. Stop. Back up. Back up. >> Stand by until SWAT arrives. >> With the status of the victim, Lzette Figueroa, unknown, and Jose heavily armed. Authorities act quickly before things take a fatal turn. >> Police department. >> Okay. I need everybody out of the house right now. Okay. All right. Follow me. Follow me. Follow me. >> THIS WAY. THIS WAY. Up there. Up there. Go straight back towards all those trucks. >> Hey, we're sending people from the house just north down the street towards ul. >> Come on, everybody. Out of the house. Everybody now. Now. NOW. NOW. NOW. >> GRAB ANYTHING. LET'S GO. >> You don't need anything. Come on. >> Okay. >> Come on. >> Come here. I DON'T WANT TO DIE. >> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO. Stay with me. >> Get behind that car. >> Go. Go. Go. Go. >> Let's go. >> GO. GO. >> We're going to make SURE WE GET EVERYBODY. >> GO, GO. >> Get behind the cars. Get behind the engine. >> What do you need? >> He has a rifle. I advise you to get the hell out of the way, guys. He has a rifle. Possibly firing from an elevated position. Your targets. Please move back. >> Stay behind this. >> You're He's got a rifle. Okay. >> You got a rifle? >> As far back as you can go, please. You should STAY BEHIND VEHICLES. >> STOP IT. >> With the children and neighbors evacuated and Lisette still trapped inside, authorities seek critical information that can help get to Jose. >> They are his kids. >> Okay. Does anyone have a number for Jose? >> Okay. Can I get the number? >> Understood. >> Okay. What does your dad do? What is his job? >> Uh, he builds a boat. >> Okay. How many guns does he have? They have one on the street of the house. >> Is it a pistol? A rifle? >> I'm not sure. >> It's a >> handgun. Gun. Handun. Okay. >> Harrison. >> Does he have any military experience? >> No. >> Thank you. Where are you at? >> All right. Thank you. Give me one sec. Stay right here. Okay. >> Okay. Who's supposed to be in the house? >> It was me and him, the daughter, and my mom and father. >> Okay. So, only people in there right now should be your mom and your father. >> Yes. Okay, >> mom and dad are the only people in the house. >> But as officers prepare to make contact, a frightened neighbor delivers a chilling warning. Liz Vet is running out of time. >> Can we get an ambulance now? >> We're going to have roll up. We're going to have start. >> There's nobody else in there. I promise you. I just need somebody to get there. She's bleeding. Just take I hear you. I hear you. And And we're doing everything we can right now. Okay. We already have them staged. Okay. Just take a breather. Just take a breather. Okay. >> She's leaving on the upstairs. And the longer it takes it, the less success you have. >> However, think of it like this, right? Let's say he brought one of his buddies and hid him away in there. And if we came out of he did, right? We don't know that before. if he could have and if Sandy was coming in we don't know that we everything we b send off save her now they die it's going to be a whole other battle just to get her out now we rather do it the safe way and the sure way to make sure everyone gets there safe and get to his good spot that's >> we'll try >> yes we have officers going in right now >> armed with crucial information officers reach out to Jose but what he says next brings another serious setback >> this is Patrick at St. How you doing? >> Z, can you hear me? No English. Okay. Any English at all? >> Spanish or what do you need? >> You need Spanish? Espanol. Espanol. Okay. Okay. >> Speak any English. >> He doesn't speak any English. >> Officers quickly arranged for someone who can communicate directly with the shooter. But what Jose reveals next sends chills down their spines, suggesting that more than one life may be hanging by a thread inside the house. Okay. Has a child with him inside. Okay. How old is the child? 10 years old. So, saying it's a TV that's on. Okay. Okay. Okay. I don't know. I don't know right now. My mind is gone. >> Okay. We've got contact with him. He's saying he just needs time to think about everything. He's not coming out right now. We didn't bring up the wife just yet cuz we don't want to trigger him. >> Understood. Um, he doesn't he says he doesn't need anything, food, water, anything else. He just wants to be kind of left alone right now. But keeping him on the phone, he probably put the phone down. So, we may have to do a throw phone situation, he's not going to pick up. >> We're trying to get the team out. Just give me an update, sir. Appreciate it. >> With the lives of those inside the house on the line, deputies prepare for a final showdown. Unaware that an unexpected twist is waiting for them at the very next second. >> FACE AWAY FROM ME. STOP. RAD. >> STOP. HEY, STAND UP. GET IT OFF. >> Cover >> here. >> Do not move. >> DO NOT MOVE. SHUT UP. DO NOT MOVE. DON'T MOVE. YOU WILL BE SHOT. >> Get him up. Get him up. Get him up. With Jose arrested, officers searched the property only to realize he lied about having a child trapped in the house. But the relief is short-lived as they discover Lisvet Figureroa lying in the bathroom, dead from multiple gunshots. As the tense standoff comes to a close, deputies begin connecting the dots, seeking to understand what led a father to killing his own wife while his kids ran for their lives. You guys heard the shots and then you guys left or >> I ran upstairs. He was screaming for my name. >> He shot me inside of me and then I went to his room and I got home and we ran out. >> Okay. You ran out the house and you went to the neighbor's house. >> Okay. >> When you went upstairs, what did you see exactly? >> I saw my mom running telling him to stop him behind her. I didn't understand what's going on. I thought, honestly, I thought it was a fake gun that he was shooting her with until I I saw her. I mean, the blood was >> When you got upstairs originally, was she already shot or >> He was shooting at her. >> He was still Okay. So, when you you went upstairs, did you heard the shots then or finding? >> Yeah, I saw him still shooting at her even though he saw me screaming at him. >> Okay. >> He shot her like three times or I heard >> So, you said you heard the screaming and you heard about one shot. >> I heard I heard three. I didn't hear four. >> I heard about one and then three. I got out and I just saw three bullets on the floor. >> You saw the the round. >> She has she had a trip tomorrow to go to California for so I have to do her nails. I fix one of her nails. We were talking and she was telling me about him fighting and why he was fighting that he was accusing her of cheating like always. So he would pick off fights before any major event like him leaving tomorrow. Of course, she's fighting with her. So I already called it. But anyways, it was fine. She was downstairs with the Nati. He went when he had to go. She went back upstairs. Um I went to my nail room to do my nails. I was in the middle doing my nails and I heard her screaming. >> What was she saying? >> She was screaming, calling my name and telling him to stop. Um, that's when I heard the gunshot. >> You walked in upstairs? >> Yeah, I walked in upstairs as he was shooting her. She was in our bathroom. >> She was slumped over. I saw the blood >> cuz I can't believe he actually Oh. When we were talking in the no room, he told me um she told me that yesterday he told her that the only reason why he hasn't killed her yet is because of my brother. >> Do you know if he owns any firearms? And if so, how many? because he has a criminal record cuz she was 18. >> So he wasn't able to buy one. My mom, it was under my mom. >> Okay. So your mom has >> she had it in the safe. She had it in a safe and I'm assuming I don't know why she him knowing how psychology he is. >> Later during a police interrogation, Jose largely corroborates his daughter's account and admits killing his wife because he believed she was cheating on him. Jose Manuel is charged with firstdegree premeditated murder and attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. As of July 2026, he remains in custody awaiting trial.