A man who deputies say killed three women in Florida is dead after he fired shots at deputies.
The Bradenton Police Department, sharing information on Facebook from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, identified 28-year-old Javontee Brice as the man behind the killings.
UPDATE: The Sheriff’s Office will brief the media at 10:30. The homicide that occurred in the City of Bradenton is one…
Posted by Bradenton Police Department on Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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Bradenton is about 45 miles south of Tampa on Florida’s Gulf coast.
Deputies responded to a Motel 6 in Bradenton around 9:15 p.m. Monday, the post said. When they arrived, they found a 48-year-old woman dead of a gunshot wound. Witnesses told investigators Brice came to the motel, shot his mother and left.
BPD said around 9:40 p.m., deputies were dispatched to another shooting in Palmetto, where a 29-year-old woman was shot while sitting in a parked SUV. She died about an hour later and witnesses identified Brice as the person who shot her.