Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Paul Maraio
Gender : Male
Age : 62
Race : Unknown
Date : 11/11/2025
Location : 2700 block of SE Tropical East Circle
City : Port St. Lucie
County : St. Lucie
State : Florida
Agency : Port St. Lucie Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Applicable
Cause of Death : Suicide
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 11/11/2025, 62-year-old Paul Maraio shot and killed two of his neighbors in the Tropical East community of Port St. Lucie, Florida. After the shootings, Maraio entered another home and took a 77-year-old woman hostage, holding her for over an hour while barricaded inside. Police responded with SWAT teams, drones, K-9 units, and crisis negotiators. During the standoff, Maraio told negotiators he had shot himself in the chest. Drone footage confirmed his injury, and officers entered the home and transported him to the hospital, where he died early the next morning. Police said the incident stemmed from a long-standing neighborhood dispute.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/man-who-fatally-shot-2-in-port-st-lucie-dies-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-police/3719434/
https://www.cbs12.com/news/local/police-identify-victims-in-port-st-lucie-double-homicide-suspect-dies-after-standoff/
