--- title: Florida Police Deputy Indicted for Killing Jermaine McBean description: Broward County Sheriff Peter Peraza faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted canonical: https://time.com/4145754/florida-deputy-indicted-killing-jermaine-mcbean/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-11T16:07:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:18:21.131Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Florida Police Deputy Indicted for Killing Man Holding Pellet Gun og:description: Jermaine McBean was shot while walking home with an unloaded pellet gun og:url: https://time.com/4145754/florida-deputy-indicted-killing-jermaine-mcbean/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Florida Police Deputy Indicted for Killing Man Holding Pellet Gun twitter:description: Jermaine McBean was shot while walking home with an unloaded pellet gun twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Florida Police Deputy Indicted for Killing Man Holding Pellet Gun by [Tracy Connor / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Tracy Connor / NBC News Dec 11, 2015 4:07 PM CUT by [Tracy Connor / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Tracy Connor / NBC News Dec 11, 2015 4:07 PM CUT A Florida deputy has been indicted for manslaughter in the shooting death of Jermaine McBean, who was killed while walking home with an unloaded pellet gun he had just bought a pawn shop. Broward County Sheriff Peter Peraza — who was given a bravery award for the shooting by his bosses while it was still under investigation — surrendered early Friday, prosecutors said. He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. The case is the first time since 1980 that a police officer in Broward County has been indicted for a fatal on-duty shooting. “It’s a very sad day because nothing can… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-deputy-indicted-killing-jermaine-mcbean-n478171?cid=sm%5Ftw&hootPostID=71838c58a55e6fb25f0617d3e58204fb "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145754/florida-deputy-indicted-killing-jermaine-mcbean/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145754/florida-deputy-indicted-killing-jermaine-mcbean/"},"headline":"Florida Police Deputy Indicted for Killing Man Holding Pellet Gun","datePublished":"2015-12-11T16:07:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:18:21.131Z","description":"Jermaine McBean was shot while walking home with an unloaded pellet gun","url":"https://time.com/4145754/florida-deputy-indicted-killing-jermaine-mcbean/","keywords":["Crime","Police Brutality"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tracy Connor / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145754/florida-deputy-indicted-killing-jermaine-mcbean/","name":"Florida Police Deputy Indicted for Killing Man Holding Pellet Gun"}}]}] ```