{"id":419793,"date":"2026-10-06T02:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/419793\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T02:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T02:18:09","slug":"trooper-shoots-hit-and-run-suspect-in-orange-county-fhp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/419793\/","title":{"rendered":"Trooper shoots hit-and-run suspect in Orange County, FHP says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla \u2013 A Florida Highway Patrol trooper shot a hit-and-run suspect Friday night after officials said the person resisted arrest following a crash on Lakeville Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. Friday after a trooper responded to a hit-and-run crash in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">FHP said the suspect fled the crash scene on foot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">While at the scene, the trooper encountered the suspect, who officials said became non-compliant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to FHP, the trooper deployed a Taser, but the suspect continued to resist. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">After several Taser deployments, officials said the suspect still resisted arrest, and the trooper fired his gun, striking the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The suspect was eventually taken into custody and taken to a local hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">FHP did not release the suspect\u2019s name or condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The trooper was not injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is conducting a use-of-force investigation, which is standard protocol after an officer-involved shooting. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla \u2013 A Florida Highway Patrol trooper shot a hit-and-run suspect Friday night after officials said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1335,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-419793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419793","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=419793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}