Family Members Speak Out After 4 MDPD Officers Indicted In 2019 Shootout That Left South Florida UPS Driver, Motorist Dead

By Peter D'Oench, CBS Miami

June 18, 2024

MIAMI - The family of a UPS driver who was killed in a shootout in 2019 on a busy South Florida highway is speaking out after four Miami-Dade police officers were indicted in the killing of twenty-seven-year-old Frank Ordonez and another driver.

Miami-Dade police officers Rodolfo Mirabal, 39, Jose Mateo, 32, Richard Santiesteban, 33, and Leslie Lee, 57, were all indicted of manslaughter with a firearm for the deaths of Ordonez and Richard Cutshaw, a 70-year-old motorist who was caught in the crossfire. While Mateo, Santiesteban and Lee face only one count of manslaughter, Mirabal faces two counts.

All four were released on their recognizance per a judge's court order, the Broward SAO stated. The maximum possible penalty under Florida law is up to 30 years in state prison, though a first-time offender could face a significantly lesser penalty.

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