The shooting was targeted, the sheriff's office says. It has not identified the deputy but said he was 39 years old and was with PBSO for three years.

An off-duty Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed in a targeted ambush outside his Belle Glade home late Monday, the Sheriff’s Office said.

An off-duty Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Deputy was gunned down on Monday night in what investigators say was a targeted attack. Deputies responded to reports of gunfire at around 7:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Northwest Avenue D in Belle Glade.