Robbery suspect dead after killing 2 and wounding 3, including deputy, Florida cops say
UPDATE: The robbery suspect has been identified as Dominic Caroway, 44, of Avondale, Arizona, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office.
The original story is below.
A man accused of killing two people and wounding three others in the Florida Panhandle — including a deputy — has been killed in a shootout with police, law enforcement officials say.
The confrontation happened around 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, when officers with the Live Oak Police Department responded to a suspicious person call, about two miles from the suspect’s last known location, officials said.
“The suspect again fired at the responding officers who returned fire. The suspect was pronounced dead on the scene,” the Live Oak Police Department reported.
Investigators say the suspect’s crime spree included a deadly gas station robbery Feb. 6 in Gadsden County, a police chase in Columbia County, and a shootout with deputies in Suwannee County.
Gadsden and Suwannee counties are about 110 miles apart.
Residents in the Live Oak area of Suwannee County were urged to “shelter in place” during a manhunt for the suspect, the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Live Oak is about an 80-mile drive southeast from Tallahassee.
Gadsden County Sheriff Morris A. Young said the man shot four people while robbing a Mobile gas station in Quincy, and two died, according to a news release posted at 12:31 a.m. on Feb. 7.
The suspect’s vehicle was then spotted around 3:30 a.m. by law enforcement in Columbia County, which prompted the gunfight with deputies, Young said.
“A pursuit by FHP, Columbia and Suwannee sheriff’s offices led to the driver crashing,” he said.
“The driver then fired on the officers, striking a Suwannee County deputy. The deputy’s body armor minimized the impact.”
The deputy was hit three times and is listed in stable condition, officials said.
The man escaped the crash scene on foot, Young said, before being shot and killed by officers.
Identities of suspect and victims had not been released late Friday.
This story was originally published February 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM with the headline "Robbery suspect dead after killing 2 and wounding 3, including deputy, Florida cops say."