The man who was shot and killed by Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies on Wednesday afternoon in Oakland Park after a standoff has been identified as 51-year-old Alexander Staal.

Oakland Park District Crime Suppression Team detectives were searching for Staal because he was wanted for multiple felony charges stemming from a domestic violence incident that happened on Sunday in Oakland Park, including attempted kidnapping, burglary of a dwelling with battery, aggravated stalking after injunction for protection and domestic battery, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday.

Staal was found inside his car parked in the 800 block of East Prospect Road about 2:30 p.m., and he refused to follow deputies’ orders as they attempted to get him to surrender. Shortly before 3 p.m., a “confrontation” happened after the standoff, “and deputies were forced to fire their weapons,” the Sheriff’s Office said.

Three deputies shot at Staal, whom Oakland Park Fire Rescue pronounced dead at the scene, according to BSO. The deputies were not injured and have been placed on administrative assignment as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates.

Aerial footage from several TV news stations showed a dark-colored SUV with bullet holes through the windshield. Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Carey Codd said on Wednesday that preliminary information indicated the “confrontation” happened outside of the car.

The Sheriff’s Office did not release further information about the confrontation or the domestic incident from Sunday.

Staal had three previous domestic-violence related cases in Broward County and one stalking-violence related case since early 2023, court records show.

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