Man mistakenly shot by deputy's gun instead of Taser reaches plea deal

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — A man shot by a deputy who used her gun instead of her Taser reached a plea deal.

Dylan Michael De Reivera pleaded no contest to his charges, prompting the judge to find him guilty of resisting an officer with violence, a third-degree felony. Prosecutors dropped the other charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery on a law enforcement officer.

The charge stems from an encounter on the Causeway Bridge in Fort Pierce with deputies from the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office on Sept. 26, 2022.

The sheriff's office initially responded to a report of a man having a "mental episode" on the bridge.

De Reivera eventually ran from deputies, who had their body-worn cameras rolling. One deputy hit De Reivera with a Taser but he continued to struggle with deputies. That's when Deputy Cortney Hoyt pulled her firearm instead of her Taser and shot De Reivera in the leg. An officer from the Fort Pierce police department arrived to help get De Reivera into handcuffs.

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The State Attorney's Office cleared deputy Hoyt of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting.