A suspect in a triple homicide case in Florida was shot and killed after a shootout with officers as he was traveling to Georgia, where police believe he intended to kill someone else.
Witnesses identified Javontee Brice, 28, in the shooting of two women Monday night, Bradenton police said. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office found a 48-year-old woman dead at a Motel 6 location after it got calls of shots fired at 9:15 p.m.
Witnesses say Brice arrived, shot his mother and fled.
Less than a half-hour later, deputies responded to a different call of shots fired in Palmetto. A 29-year-old woman was shot sitting in a parked SUV and died despite lifesaving measures taken by law enforcement, police said.
Witnesses also identified Brice in that case, officials said.
And at 10 p.m., Brice was identified as the gunman who shot a woman in the face at a home in Bradenton, police said. She died at a hospital.
Authorities issued a statewide BOLO, or be on the lookout, alert for Brice's vehicle. He was spotted in Hamilton County, which is near the Florida-Georgia line.
At roughly 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Brice opened fire on Hamilton County deputies, Bradenton police said. Authorities shot and killed him.
Homicide detectives said Brice was on his way to Georgia "with the intent to kill another individual."
Police did not name any of the women who were killed in a news release Tuesday. Other than his mother, their relationships with Brice are not clear.
