{"id":362368,"date":"2026-08-04T10:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362368\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:22:27","slug":"st-pete-city-employee-mother-of-4-shot-and-killed-suspect-seriously-injured-after-i-75-standoff-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362368\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete city employee, mother of 4, shot and killed; suspect seriously injured after I-75 standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

FHP said the suspect, who was barricaded in a car on I-75 in Ft. Myers, was eventually taken into custody and transported to the hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n

SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 A suspect was taken into custody after a St. Pete city employee was shot and killed in the Childs Park neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police responded Wednesday afternoon to 12th Avenue, where they say the victim, a 47-year-old mother of four, was shot several times while in the cab of her front-end loader work vehicle.<\/p>\n


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During a press conference, Chief Anthony Holloway said evidence suggests an argument broke out between the suspect and the victim \u2014 who knew each other \u2014 prior to the shooting.<\/p>\n

Just hours after the shooting, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) found the suspect on I-75 in Ft. Myers and pulled him over, but he was barricaded inside his car.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eventually, FHP said the suspect was taken into custody and transported to the hospital with serious injuries following the standoff. No injuries were reported to law enforcement.<\/p>\n

At this time, detectives believe the incident was “domestic-involved.”<\/p>\n

The woman who was killed in the shooting worked for the city for 12 years and was a sanitation technician. While Wednesday was a working day for city employees, officials could not confirm whether the woman was on the clock at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n

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