A suicide call lead Orange County Sheriff's deputies to a man’s home where the encounter left him dead.

Family member tells deputy of suicide call during traffic stop

Deputies stated that Williams Charbonneau would not listen to deputies' commands to drop his shotgun

Three deputies are on paid administrative leave

William Charbonneau, 43, died in the shooting Wednesday around 10:30 p.m. He would have turned 44 years old on Thursday.

Investigators said the incident began when off-duty deputy Richard Nye, who was patrolling the Stoneybrook area, stopped a man for speeding, authorities said.

The man told Nye he was rushing to a home in Avalon Park because a family member was planning to commit suicide, authorities stated.

Once deputies arrived to the home along Marsh Lilly Drive — where the victim lived with his family — they said they surrounded the house and called for backup. Charbonneau left a suicide note behind, though investigators said it was not the first time his family was concerned for his safety.

“This is a situation in which the deceased had prior calls regarding cases of suicide attempts," explained Captain Angelo Nieves of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in a press conference Wednesday night. "It was a situation today, where it was a tragic ending to the fact that he would not obey the deputies’ commands regarding his weapon.”

Investigators said deputies, along with the man's father-in-law, found no one in the home, but came across Charbonneau in the backyard. He was armed with a shotgun and would not obey deputies' commands, according to investigators.

Nye, a nine-year veteran of the force, shot Charbonneau several times. Paramedics took him to Florida Hospital East, where he died.

Two other deputies on — Nathan Alequin and Kathleen Perez-Thomas, a trainee — are on paid administrative leave, along with Nye, as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates.