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.

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 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.