Body camera video shows murder suspect's takedown after hourslong standoff on I-75
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Lee County, FL - A suspect sought in the fatal shooting of a mother of four in St. Petersburg on Wednesday was stopped and arrested in Lee County after being located by the Florida Highway Patrol.
An FHP release said that at 12:30 p.m., troopers received a Be On The Lookout alert from the FHP Regional Communications Center regarding a suspect believed to be suicidal and involved in a homicide in St. Petersburg. Troopers located the suspect in Lee County around 2:30 p.m. and attempted a traffic stop, but the suspect fled.
Troopers finally stopped the suspect with a PIT (Precision Immobilization Technique) maneuver near southbound Exit 128 at Alico Road on southbound I-75.
The suspect then barricaded himself inside his vehicle, and multiple gunshots were fired at the suspect's vehicle. Troopers, along with Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputies on scene, established contact with the suspect, and he was ultimately taken into custody.
The suspect, identified by the FHP on Thursday as 43-year-old Ladavion King, remains in a hospital in serious condition. No law enforcement was injured on scene.
This incident remains an active criminal investigation.
During the incident, both sides of I-75 were shut down. The FHP reopened northbound lanes around 5 p.m. and the entire freeway after the incident investigation concluded.
Police in St. Petersburg report that a city sanitation worker and 47-year-old mother of four was fatally shot at a work site around 12:30 p.m. in what they believe was a domestic-related incident.