{"id":128893,"date":"2026-01-23T08:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128893\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:24:07","slug":"armed-husband-confronts-suspected-florida-kidnapper-after-wife-is-followed-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128893\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed husband confronts suspected Florida kidnapper after wife is followed home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have ruled a\u00a0Florida man\u2019s actions self-defense after he shot a felon who allegedly attempted to abduct his wife.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fox News affiliate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/abduction-attempt-leads-deadly-self-defense-shooting-bradenton-new-years-day-mcso?link_source=ta_first_comment&amp;taid=6970bfda0fa0bb0001591aa5&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawPfR9xleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFKbXYzVkZVU05ad0lic3lvc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkqBh-2Gy4T3y8S4-HGDn9lvuNqjnB_XPtZl_qPMccc27mf-RBALMPSebYao_aem_Tjt8tEeYPR55nUgTvmR9iQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WTVT-TV,<\/a>\u00a0citing the Manatee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Nicholas Palomo, a 36-year-old felon who had previously gone to prison for kidnapping and other crimes, attempted to abduct a woman who was walking her dog in Bradenton, Florida, on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>The woman managed to run away from Palomo\u2019s car and warned her husband, who went outside to confront Palomo.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives say that Palomo began acting in a threatening way before advancing towards the husband. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when, according to police, he allegedly\u00a0opened fire on\u00a0Palomo.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrived at the shooting at 12:27 a.m. to find the suspect, who died at the scene despite life-saving efforts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.84459459;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38262616\" width=\"375\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/suspect-nicholas-palomo-armed-husband-119496927.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshot of suspect Nicholas Palomo.\" class=\"wp-image-38262616\"  \/>Nicholas Palomo, a 36-year-old felon who had previously gone to prison for kidnapping and other crimes, attempted to abduct a woman who was walking her dog in Bradenton, Florida, on New Year\u2019s Day. Manatee County Sheriff\u0092s Office<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77862595;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38262615\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/www-fox13news-com-news-abduction-119497282.jpg\" alt=\"Residential street with two houses and vehicles parked in driveways.\" class=\"wp-image-38262615\"  \/>Deputies arrived at the shooting at 12:27 a.m. to find the suspect, who died at the scene despite life-saving efforts. Fox 13<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy found that Palomo\u00a0died at the scene\u00a0from a single gunshot wound to the chest.<\/p>\n<p>Before the alleged abduction, Palomo reportedly caused a disturbance at a nearby Circle K while appearing to be under the\u00a0influence of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, after reviewing the case, the\u00a0State Attorney\u2019s Office\u00a0determined that the homeowner\u2019s actions were justified.<\/p>\n<p>The names of the husband and the wife were not released in accordance with\u00a0Marsy\u2019s Law. <\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to the Manatee County Sheriff\u2019s Office for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have ruled a\u00a0Florida man\u2019s actions self-defense after he shot a felon who allegedly attempted to abduct his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[265,5558,28,30,29,6865,6889,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-128893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-drugs","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-kidnappings","14":"tag-shootings","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128893","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=128893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}