[BREAKING] Officer Shot and Killed Outside Orlando Walmart- Suspect Still at Large

Posted January 9, 2017 12:23 pm by R.P. Mcmurphy Comments

(ABC) – The sheriff’s office said Monday that they were searching for 41-year-old Markeith Lloyd in an area of northwest metro Orlando.

The Orlando Police Department identified Lloyd as the suspect in the shooting Monday morning of the Orlando police officer near a Wal-Mart store.

During the massive manhunt, one of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office motorcycle deputies was struck by a vehicle and later died at the hospital.

There are reports that Loyd was wearing a security uniform and fired multiple shots at the officer.

According to WFTV in Orlando, Loyd has been on the run since the December 13 shooting death of his 24-year-old pregnant girlfriend.

Court records show that Loyd has been arrested in Orange County 20 times since 1994.

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