{"id":349883,"date":"2026-07-23T14:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349883\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:21:46","slug":"st-pete-sanitation-worker-fatally-shot-inside-work-vehicle-suspect-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/349883\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete sanitation worker fatally shot inside work vehicle; suspect identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; St. Petersburg police have identified the suspect accused of fatally shooting a city sanitation worker inside her work vehicle Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police identified the suspect as Ladavion King, born Dec. 9, 1982.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"St. Petersburg police are investigating a deadly shooting in the 4100 block of 12th Avenue...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784816506_607_4OQ3TWHGQ5GK7H245M3VYKB2UQ.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"547\" \/>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)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The victim and King knew each other, and police described the shooting as a targeted attack. Police have not released a motive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">ORIGINAL COVERAGE | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/07\/22\/st-petersburg-sanitation-worker-fatally-shot-while-work-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/07\/22\/st-petersburg-sanitation-worker-fatally-shot-while-work-vehicle\/\">St. Petersburg sanitation worker fatally shot while in work vehicle; suspect hospitalized after I-75 standoff<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">King fled south from the scene, authorities said. Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Lee County sheriff\u2019s deputies later stopped him on southbound Interstate 75 in Lee County after a pursuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the use of control, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">King remains hospitalized in Lee County and is in the custody of the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office. St. Petersburg police directed additional questions about his status to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The city said grief counselors will be available to employees.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; St. Petersburg police have identified the suspect accused of fatally shooting a city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[143195,143198,143197,202,204,203,143196,199,201,200,143194],"class_list":["post-349883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-ladavion-king-st-petersburg","tag-lee-county-i-75-pursuit","tag-sanitation-worker-killed-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-pete-shooting-suspect-identified","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-st-petersburg-sanitation-worker-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349883","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=349883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}