{"id":429872,"date":"2026-10-16T21:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429872\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T21:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T21:26:29","slug":"florida-man-shoots-girlfriend-runs-her-over-while-daughter-and-dog-were-in-car-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429872\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man shoots girlfriend, runs her over while daughter and dog were in car: Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man faces a first-degree murder charge after allegedly shooting his girlfriend and running her over near a bar while his daughter and the family dog were in the car.<\/p>\n

The Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> said deputies responded around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, to a shooting at Harbor Bar, 840 Main St.<\/p>\n

Deputies said their investigation found that the suspect, Christopher \u201cDodge\u201d Smith, entered the bar, leaving his 5-year-old daughter and the dog in the parking lot. Smith later left the bar with his girlfriend, Jessica Antolini, who he was seen arguing with.<\/p>\n

During the argument, Smith allegedly shot Antolini, then fled in his vehicle with his daughter and the dog inside. Deputies said he ran over Antolini as he drove away.<\/p>\n

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Multiple 911 calls came in from witnesses reporting the shooting. Body camera video shows deputies surrounding Smith as he gets out of a silver SUV with his hands up.<\/p>\n

\u201cStep out with your hands up!\u201d a deputy can be heard shouting. Smith is then seen being placed in handcuffs.<\/p>\n

The video later shows a crying girl getting out of the car while holding a dog\u2019s leash.<\/p>\n

Antolini died from her injuries Thursday, Oct. 15. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man faces a first-degree murder charge after allegedly shooting his girlfriend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-429872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429872","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=429872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}