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Stacie Lynn Guerrero

Age : 54

Gender : Female

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 08/10/2025

Location : 301 West Road

City : Ocoee

County : Orange

State : Florida

Agency : Ocoee Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/10/2025, at approximately 11:20 a.m., Ocoee Police Department officers located a silver BMW SUV in the parking lot of the Publix at 301 West Road while searching for a vehicle reported stolen in an Orange County Sheriff’s Office case. Fifty-four-year-old Stacie Lynn Guerrero was sitting in the driver’s seat, with Andrea Barboza as a passenger. Police Chief Vincent Ogburn later said officers had been proactively searching for the reported stolen vehicle and did not necessarily know it was occupied before approaching it.
Guerrero and Barboza had entered the Publix shortly before the police encounter. According to an arrest report obtained after the shooting, a store manager recognized Guerrero from previous alleged theft incidents. Guerrero left a shopping cart inside the store and returned to the BMW, while police alleged that Barboza left the store with approximately $145 worth of merchandise without paying. These shoplifting allegations were separate from the reason officers initially approached the BMW; police were already searching for the vehicle because it had been reported stolen.

Surveillance video subsequently released by Ocoee Police shows two officers approaching the BMW and communicating with Guerrero. The vehicle then began backing up while one officer was at the driver’s side. Chief Ogburn said the officer became caught by the open door as the BMW backed into a police vehicle. The BMW then moved forward while the second officer was positioned in front of it. Police alleged that Guerrero struck both officers with the vehicle during these movements.

One of the officers fired at Guerrero as the BMW moved forward, striking her. Emergency personnel transported Guerrero to AdventHealth in critical condition, where she subsequently died from her gunshot injuries. Neither officer suffered serious injuries.

The surveillance recording provides independent visual documentation of much of the confrontation. It shows the BMW reversing as an officer was alongside the driver's door and subsequently moving forward with another officer in its path before the shooting. Ocoee Police publicly released the recording four days after Guerrero's death.

Both Ocoee officers involved in the confrontation were placed on paid administrative leave. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement opened an independent investigation into the fatal shooting. The officers' identities were not disclosed in the public reporting located for this update.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/woman-killed-ocoee-officer-involved-shooting-after-allegedly-hitting-officers-stolen-car-police-say
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/2-ocoee-officers-were-hurt-chaotic-publix-parking-lot-shooting/RBZP67NG3VEPXCL2R3ALO2WTCQ/
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/08/11/woman-shot-to-death-by-ocoee-police-officer-identified/