The dead man found after an Orlando officer-involved shooting at a tattoo shop last week was a tattoo artist, not the rifle-wielding suspect who threatened police, the department said Monday.

An attempt by the Orlando Police Department to execute a search warrant related to drugs and guns around 2 p.m. Friday at a tattoo shop on Edgewater Drive near the intersection with Lee Road left one of the nine sought-after suspects dead. OPD identified the man as Kaleb Zachary Williams, a 20-year-old tattoo artist at the shop, in a Monday news release.

When officers arrived at the scene Friday, a person alleged by OPD to be a registered gang member exited the rear of the shop with an AK-47-style rifle, the release said. When the man didn’t comply with commands to stop and show his hands, officers

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