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Jason Castillo

Age : 45

Gender : Male

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 07/27/2026

Location : U.S. Highway 441

City : Bellevue

County : Marion

State : Florida

Agency : Marion County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Shot and killed by police during Amber alert

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 07/27/2026, Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed 45-year-old Jason Castillo during the recovery of a 13-year-old girl who was the subject of a Florida Amber Alert. Deputies said Castillo, who had previously dated the girl’s mother, took the child from a residence on Southwest 27th Avenue in the Shady Road Villas community near Ocala earlier that day. Authorities issued an Amber Alert and distributed a description of Castillo and his vehicle.

A FLOCK license-plate reader detected Castillo’s vehicle shortly after the alert was issued, and a witness also reported seeing it. Deputies located the vehicle traveling on U.S. Highway 441 in Belleview and attempted to stop it. Castillo continued driving away while deputies pursued him. Deputies then used a PIT maneuver, forcing the vehicle off the highway and into a roadside ditch.

Dash-camera footage released by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office shows deputies surrounding the disabled vehicle. Castillo pulled out a handgun and pointed it toward the patrol vehicles. Deputies fired multiple rounds into Castillo’s vehicle, striking him. Emergency personnel transported Castillo to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Deputies recovered the 13-year-old girl alive from the vehicle. She was evaluated by emergency personnel and returned safely to her family. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the fatal police shooting. The names of the deputies who fired their weapons had not been released at the time of reporting.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.29news.com/2026/07/29/man-accused-abducting-13-year-old-girl-home-dies-shooting-during-active-amber-alert/
https://www.wcjb.com/2026/07/27/florida-amber-alert-issued-missing-13-year-old-marion-county/
https://www.wcjb.com/2026/07/28/dashcam-video-shows-amber-alert-kidnapping-suspect-point-gun-marion-county-deputies/