The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office (MDSO) and members of the community will honor on Tuesday the life and service of Deputy Devin M. Jaramillo, who died on Nov. 7 after being shot in southwest Miami-Dade County. He was 27 years old.
The ceremony, which will be open to the public, will take place at loanDepot Park at around 10:00 a.m.
Beforehand, a private mass will be held. The procession from the Caballero Rivero Woodlawn funeral home to the church is expected to begin at 6:00 a.m., according to officials.
Who was Devin Jaramillo?
Deputy Jaramillo graduated from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 2019 with a degree in Criminal Justice. Shortly after, he began his law enforcement career as a member of the Coral Gables Police Department, where he stood out for his professionalism and dedication.
In July 2023, he was named Officer of the Month by the Coral Gables Police Department after arresting a suspect involved in package theft and solving three additional related cases.
“Our community is less safe because he was murdered, and that hurts us all, I think everybody’s looking for the why, don’t know if that ever gets answered, but we have to go on,” Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak said in an interview last week.
Hudak knew Deputy Jaramillo as Officer Jaramillo, the young cop who started his career with the CGPD and stayed there four years before moving to the MDSO last year. Hudak said it is crucial that Jaramillo’s colleagues have a chance to vent their emotions.
“It’s important that they have an avenue to grieve; policing, because of these uniforms, we’re supposed to be stoic, that’s just not the case,” Hudak said.
As a member of the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Jaramillo was once again recognized — in August 2025, he conducted a traffic stop during which he discovered 13 firearms, including rifles, shotguns, and handguns, along with ammunition. The driver, a repeat offender with a suspended license, was also found to possess a rifle with the serial number removed. Several of the weapons were within immediate reach inside the vehicle.
The young deputy was admired by his colleagues for his ethics, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to public safety.
His father, David Jaramillo, is a retired detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and currently serves as president emeritus of the Hispanic Police Officers Association (HPOA). Devin was also an active volunteer with the organization.
In a statement, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said: “With great sadness, we announce the passing of Deputy Devin Jaramillo, a valued member of our agency. At just 27 years old, he served our community with professionalism, dedication, and an unwavering commitment to protecting others. His legacy of integrity, compassion, and bravery will live on in the hearts of all who had the privilege of knowing him and serving alongside him.”
Colleagues and friends remember him as a promising young deputy, passionate about his work and a true example of the spirit of service that defines Miami-Dade’s law enforcement community.
“The old adage, to protect and serve, we also protect and serve those that protect and serve. We are there for them at the worst moments of their life, the families, and to let them know, they are not alone,” said retired police veteran David Magnusson, an assistant chief at the Miami Police Department, and who served as chief of the El Portal Police Department.
Magnusson points out that the rituals of a police funeral, especially the big turnout, is all a show of support. We saw it play out last week at the service for fallen Miami Beach Officer David Cajuso.
Magnusson said he had a visceral reaction to Jaramillo’s murder.
“We tend to want to make sense out of something that there’s nothing to make sense out of, there’s bad people out there, the act was horrendous, it was evil, it was vile,” Magnusson said.
The shooter wrestled Jaramillo’s gun away, shot him, and then shot and killed himself. Magnusson says that too often, excuses are made for behavior that may or may not be fueled by mental illness.
“The vast majority of people, even with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health issues, are not violent, they do not take out their problems on other people, they do not pull a gun away from an officer in a fight and then shoot that officer to death,” he said.
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