Three women in Florida’s Manatee County were killed in a triple shooting on Monday, including the gunman’s mother. After he was shot in a standoff with authorities, sheriff’s deputies learned that the man was heading to Georgia to carry out a fourth shooting.
Javontee Brice, 28, was shot and killed at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday after firing upon Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Fox 13 Tampa reported.
About four hours earlier, Manatee County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Motel 6 at 660 67th Street Circle East in Bradenton. There, they found a 48-year-old woman dead from a gunshot wound. Witnesses told police that Brice, the victim’s son, had come to the motel and shot his mother before fleeing the scene, according to the outlet.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office issued a statewide BOLO for Brice’s vehicle, and several agencies worked together to track him down near the state line in Hamilton County, per Fox 13. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office determined that Brice intended to kill a fourth person in Georgia before he was stopped by police near state lines, according to the outlet.