A Boca Raton police officer fatally shot a homeless man on Dec. 18 in the area of Northwest Second Avenue near City Hall and police headquarters.
Department public information officer Jessica Desir identified the deceased as 39-year-old Morey Clemmons.
The department subsequently identified the officer as Michael Super, who has served in the department since 2019. He was not injured in the incident.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting. FDLE often investigates officer-involved shootings if the local police department asks it to do so.
The Police Department has released little information about the encounter between Clemmons and Super and has not said why the officer discharged his weapon or whether he has been placed on administrative leave. Similarly, FDLE had released no information as of Dec. 24.
Clemmons had been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges in the past, according to court records.
Most recent, West Palm Beach police charged him in July with aggravated assault on an officer after a confrontation when he left a Publix grocery store with beer and food he had not paid for. Clemmons pleaded guilty, served 60 days in the county jail and was placed on probation.
He also was arrested twice in 2023 on felony charges of robbery and false imprisonment by West Palm Beach police. In both cases, no charges were filed.
— Mary Hladky
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