One arrested after shooting in Bradenton. Deputies pursuing two others
One man has been arrested after a rolling shooting in Bradenton on Monday afternoon, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies are also pursuing two other suspects.
No injuries related to the incident have been reported, according to sheriff’s office spokesman Randy Warren.
Deputies say at around 3:30 p.m. Anthony Dawson and other unknown suspects were in a silver Hyundai shooting at a white Ford Flex as they crossed Ninth Street West from 11th Avenue West.
A deputy saw the shooting and started chasing the Hyundai, until the driver lost control of the car and crashed on 12th Street West, in the Village of the Arts.
The suspects ran away as deputies established a perimeter of the area. Dawson was arrested in the 1300 block of 18th Avenue West, near the Grand Palms Apartments on 14th Street West.
The Hyundai turned out to be stolen out of Okeechobee County.
Deputies are seeking the whereabouts of the other suspects involved in the shooting, as well as anyone who was driving the white Ford Flex.
Dawson was booked into the Manatee County on motor vehicle theft, resisting arrest and obstruction charges where he remains in custody without bond.
Dawson was already out on bond awaiting trial on an armed kidnapping and armed carjacking in March.
The scene on Monday was chaotic. A man told the Bradenton Herald that he witnessed someone leaning out of a silver sedan and shooting in the direction of an SUV. The witness said that shots were fired near Ninth Street West and 11th Avenue West before the vehicles sped through the intersection and into the Village of the Arts.
Law enforcement soon set up a perimeter at the intersection.
On Monday evening, SWAT officers gathered at a home near Grand Palms Apartments, where they believed that a second suspect had possibly barricaded himself in a backyard shed. Deputies accessed the property with a warrant but found nobody in the shed.
A third suspect also remained at large.
“It’s still unfolding,” sheriff’s Capt. Andy Ramdath said of the situation.
This story was originally published January 25, 2021 at 4:06 PM.