Benoit Pasteur Obituary – The man who was shot and killed by a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy during a confrontation outside a Boynton Beach-area shopping plaza has been identified as Benoit Pasteur, 38. According to sheriff’s spokesperson Teri Barbera, Pasteur did not have a permanent local address and had previously lived in Lantana and Boynton Beach.
The incident occurred when Pasteur was holding a rifle at the shopping plaza located at the southeast corner of Hypoluxo Road and Military Trail. The deputy involved has not been named and is currently on paid leave while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement looks into the matter. This shooting marks the second incident involving a law enforcement officer in the county this week.