A Fort Lauderdale man jumped into a river to try to avoid deputies after he allegedly carjacked a person at gunpoint near Daytona Monday night, authorities said.
The incident happened just before 9 p.m. when the victim said a man asked him for a ride in Daytona Beach Shores, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office officials said.
But the man pulled out a gun, ordered the victim out of the car and then drove off in the car before he ditched it and jumped into the Halifax River…