ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) – St. Petersburg police have identified the suspect accused of fatally shooting a city sanitation worker inside her work vehicle Wednesday.
Police identified the suspect as Ladavion King, born Dec. 9, 1982.
The 47-year-old victim was a 12-year City of St. Petersburg sanitation technician. She was shot and killed while sitting inside her front-loader work vehicle shortly after noon in the 4100 block of 12th Avenue South, police said.
St. Petersburg police are investigating a deadly shooting in the 4100 block of 12th Avenue South after a city sanitation worker was shot and killed while inside her work vehicle Wednesday afternoon.(WWSB)
The victim and King knew each other, and police described the shooting as a targeted attack. Police have not released a motive.
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King fled south from the scene, authorities said. Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Lee County sheriff’s deputies later stopped him on southbound Interstate 75 in Lee County after a pursuit.
Authorities said King barricaded himself inside his vehicle before he was taken into custody. He was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. No law enforcement officers were hurt.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the use of control, authorities said.
King remains hospitalized in Lee County and is in the custody of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. St. Petersburg police directed additional questions about his status to the sheriff’s office.
The city said grief counselors will be available to employees.
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