Overview

• Investigators say a man flagged down a driver on A1A, pulled a gun, forced him from the vehicle, and drove off Monday night.
• The stolen car was later found abandoned in Daytona Beach Shores with a firearm recovered nearby, according to the sheriff.
• 911 callers reported the suspect swimming to Deck Down Under before he ran through the restaurant, removed his shirt, and returned to the water.
• Air-One, a drone, K-9 teams, and boats from Port Orange and Edgewater helped locate the suspect hiding in mangroves, where he was arrested.
• Grant Hagood-James was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail on armed carjacking and related charges and is being held without bond, with authorities not releasing a motive, injury details, or confirming his age amid conflicting reports.