DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. — The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office has released body-camera video of a deadly shooting involving two deputies. Video shows the two deputies shooting at a wanted sex offender, 30-year-old Matthew Steven Rollie, who opened fire on them.
Fox 4 community corespondent Stephen Pimpo reviews the video and has an update on the deputy airlifted to the hospital:
Around 3:40 p.m. on January 24, 2025, Sheriff James Potter says they got information Rollie could be in DeSoto County. He was wanted out of Forsyth County in Georgia for enticing a child for indecent purposes. Additionally, he did not register as a sex offender in DeSoto County.
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Deputies searched for him that day, but couldn't find Rollie.
On Jan. 25, Deputy Jose Trujillo pulled over a car on State Road 72 between Thigpen Road and Addison Avenue. The sheriff says the driver was pulled over because she failed to stop at stop sign.
At the time, he believed Rollie was in the car, too.
As Trujillo was trying to confirm it was Rollie, Sgt. Nunez arrived at the scene and went to the passenger side where Rollie was.
Potter said as the sergeant was looking at Rollie's license, he took off his seatbelt. Meanwhile, the driver was out of the vehicle.
In newly-released body camera video, you can see Rollie reach for a gun in the center console and fire multiple shots. Trujillo was hit twice, but the sheriff says Trujillo was able to fire back.
"I'm hit, I'm hit," you can hear Trujillo say in the video.
The sheriff says after Trujillo shot Rollie, the suspect got out of the car on the passenger side and pointed the gun at Nunez.
Potter says the sergeant discharged her weapon multiple times. In the video, you can see Rollie fall to the ground after being shot. The sheriff says Rollie continued to fire his gun.
In the video, you can see Nunez continue to fire at Rollie.
"He's down," she said.
Rollie was pronounced dead at the scene.
However, Deputy Trujillo was hospitalized after the shooting and at one point, was unable to walk. But his wife Savannah posted on Facebook Tuesday saying:
“He’s home that’s all we care about. Thank you to everyone that has reached out, prayed, and showed support. He is still recovering but kicking its butt.”
Savannah told Fox 4 that Jose no longer needs a wheelchair and can walk short distances with a walker and is working in physical therapy towards being able to walk unassisted.
“The hope is obviously full recovery but to see him improve and to see his spirits remaining high, even though there’s tough days,” said family friend Karissa Roosa.
Roosa, who’s husband serves with Jose at the sheriff’s office, has started a GoFundMe for the family, already raising over $14,000.
“As the spouse of a law enforcement officer, you know that you can always get that call or an even worse call but you don’t ever plan to be in that situation,” Roosa said.
Fox 4 learned after the shooting that Rollie had a lengthy criminal history in Wisconsin and Florida, and some of those crimes were sex crimes connected to children.
Rollie was not registered as a sex offender in DeSoto County, and a sex offender registry flyer lists his registered zip code as an area in Ocala.
In a video released on social media, Potter explained the delay in releasing the video and information about the deadly shooting.
He said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement began the investigation into the shooting. Once that was done, it was sent to the State Attorney's Office to review it.
At an internal level, the sheriff's office does an investigation.
They all concluded there was no wrong doing by either deputy involved.
Those interested in donating to the Trujillo family's GoFundMe can click here.
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