ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A pair of St. Johns County deputies shot and killed a man in a South St. Augustine neighborhood early Wednesday morning, a director with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office told First Coast News .

SJSO Director Skip Cole said the sheriff's office's communication center received a 911 call about a suspicious person around 5:40 a.m. from a resident in the area of 1st Street and Brainard Drive.

Cole said two deputies were then dispatched to the area. When they arrived, Cole said they encountered a man in front of the 911 caller's home with a gun.

Deputies gave verbal commands to the man, but Cole said things unfolded "very quickly."

When the man didn't comply, both deputies shot the man, according to Cole. The deputies then rendered aid to the man, but he ultimat

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