Memorial for fallen MDSO deputy grows as community honors his life

It was a somber Sunday afternoon as several Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office deputies visited the memorial site of -year-old Deputy Devin Jaramillo to mourn his life days after he was fatally shot in Southwest Miami-Dade News cameras captured about a dozen of Jaramillo s brother and sisters in blue lining up in front of the memorial leaving flowers and American flags in the very spot where he was shot and killed on Friday Officers and first responders never forget It tapers off and you deal with life and you function but you never forget it noted J C Prellezo aretired MDSO deputy According to agents Jaramillo was killed after he was shot while responding to a traffic crash near Southwest th Street and nd Avenue on Friday afternoon He encountered the subject who was part of the traffic crash incident There was a verbal dispute that ensued and during that fight he disarmed our deputy of his own operation weapon and used it to shoot him multiple times mentioned MDSO Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutz on Saturday Cordero Stutz was visibly shaken as she provided new details into the fatal shooting and identified the shooter as -year-old Steven Rustrian He was a son He was a brother but he s also homegrown hero Nothing but the best of words were ever used when it came to describing who he was the sheriff disclosed about Jaramillo Rustrian ultimately took his own life moments after shooting the deputy Despite the curative company s best effort at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital Jaramillo succumbed to his injuries On Saturday morning Jaramillo s body in a casket draped with the American flag was wheeled into a Miami funeral home as he was flanked by his brothers and sisters in blue As the memorial for that fallen deputy continues to grow Cordero Stutz called on the neighborhood to pray for the fallen deputy who loved them deeply and protected them fiercely This will never be OK and I ask our public to continue to hold us in your prayers because we need them she noted Tributes for the fallen deputy continue to pour in from local state and federal authorities as well as other law enforcement agencies Officers have not distributed any funeral utility details for the fallen deputy