ORLANDO, Fla. – A manhunt is currently underway for the person Orlando Police say shot and killed an officer at a Walmart in Orange County. Police are currently looking for Markeith Loyd.
The Orlando Police Department tells us the shooting happened at the store at Princeton Street and John Young Parkway. The officer killed was identified as Master Sgt. Debra Clayton.
She was a 17-year veteran at Orlando Police Department. She passed away at 7:40 a.m.
Loyd was spotted Monday morning fleeing in a vehicle from the Walmart on Princeton Street by an Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputy.
Loyd pulled into a nearby apartment complex and began firing at deputies, hitting one unmarked SUV twice.
The deputy involved in this shooting was unharmed.
Loyd then carjacked a vehicle and fled again. That vehicle was later abandoned.
No further details have been released on the cause.
The Orlando Police Department family is heartbroken today. One of our own was taken in the line of duty. There are no words. pic.twitter.com/M48o1nnr4h
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) January 9, 2017
OPD @ChiefJohnMina It is with such a heavy heart that I have to tell you Master Sgt Debra Clayton a 17-year veteran of OPD, died at 7:40 am pic.twitter.com/owWHyuaOtj
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) January 9, 2017
