{"id":111911,"date":"2026-01-09T15:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/111911\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:45:08","slug":"police-nbc-6-south-florida-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/111911\/","title":{"rendered":"Police \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A suspect has been arrested in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/grandfather-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-fort-lauderdale\/3744438\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/grandfather-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-fort-lauderdale\/3744438\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">hit-and-run in Fort Lauderdale earlier this week<\/a> that left a grandfather dead, police said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Travaris Lamain McCoy, 25, was arrested Thursday on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving death, Fort Lauderdale Police officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, 70-year-old Johnnie Lee Davis, was struck and killed around 8 p.m. Monday on West Sunrise Boulevard near Northwest 5th Avenue, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/010626-Johnnie-Davis.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Johnnie Davis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tFamily Photo<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tFamily Photo<\/p>\n<p>Johnnie Davis<\/p>\n<p>Police said an &#8220;intense investigation&#8221; led to the arrest of McCoy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fort Lauderdale Police Department remains committed to ensuring justice in this case and extends its deepest condolences to the family of Johnnie Lee Davis during this difficult time,&#8221; the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>McCoy was booked into jail and was expected to appear before a bond court judge on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/010926-Travaris-Lamain-McCoy.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Travaris Lamain McCoy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tBroward Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tBroward Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>Travaris Lamain McCoy<\/p>\n<p>Davis&#8217; daughter spoke Monday night about losing her father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s of life and love, and I don&#8217;t understand how someone can hit my father and run like that. I just want justice for my father, and I wish someone would come forward. I just lost my mom November 6th. I&#8217;m very hurt,&#8221; Jazzlynn Simmons said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspect has been arrested in the hit-and-run in Fort Lauderdale earlier this week that left a grandfather&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-111911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}