Overview
- JPSO identified the driver as Markeivis Walker of Fort Lauderdale, who was taken into custody after the vehicle rammed a deputy’s car.
- Deputies fired three shots during the encounter, and officials report no indication anyone was struck; the involved deputy is OK.
- A second occupant, a woman, was detained, and another man ran into a nearby neighborhood as deputies searched with a helicopter and drones.
- The attempted stop began near Barataria Boulevard and the Westbank Expressway, and the pursuit ended at Lapalco Boulevard and Barataria Boulevard.
- Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said the car was under surveillance in a series of smash‑and‑grab burglaries, and JPSO later clarified only two suspects were in the vehicle during the chase.