Overview

• Investigators say the victim stopped for a man waving on A1A in the Wilbur-By-The-Sea area, where a gun was displayed and the car was taken.
• Deputies found the abandoned vehicle near Seaway Avenue and Peninsula Drive in Daytona Beach Shores shortly after the 911 call.
• The suspect reportedly jumped into the Halifax River, swam to Deck Down Under, ran through the restaurant, discarded his shirt, then returned to the water.
• Marine units from Port Orange and Edgewater joined VSO deputies using Air-One, a drone and a police dog to locate the suspect about 50 yards from the restaurant.
• Authorities identified the suspect as Grant Hagood-James and charged him with armed carjacking, while motive, injury information and even his age remain unclear, with reports listing him as 24 or 34.