Police killings
2013-2020

Michael Kifer

Male, White

Date of the incident: 11/1/2019

Vero Beach, Indian River, FL
11th St SW and 35th Ave SW

Deputies responded to a home, where they had already responded on two other occasions the same day. Deputies found Michael Kifer, who they say was drunk or high, armed with a knife. He fled on foot, reappeared with a hatchet, and was chased back into his home by deputies. The deputies found him in the home reportedly holding a knife and shot and killed him.