Authorities have called the incident a tragedy that is still under investigation after police on Thursday identified 22-year-old Davon Hilton as the man who allegedly murdered his ex-girlfriend and seriously injured another man. at Hallandale Beach.
According to court records, the suspect already had an open domestic violence case, they had been dating the victim since 2019, but began living apart in mid-2022.
An arrest report explains that on December 1, Hilton went to the woman’s apartment and beat her. At the time, the man was arrested for assault, but reportedly posted bond in January.
Shortly after Monday’s gun attack, as authorities were close to capturing him, Hilton shot and killed himself in the back of a ride-hailing vehicle, police said.
Following events like the one recorded in Hallandale Beach, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody introduced a new program to protect victims of domestic violence.
According to the prosecutor, the program focuses on helping victims, including making them feel safe in their homes.
The program also aims to increase the safety of families, because when these types of crimes occur, minors are usually involved. In this case, if the survivor can have proof of the abuse, she can also protect the minors.
The man was also known to have pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court in February in the domestic abuse case against the victim.
He was due back in court next June but on Monday he committed a crime of passion in Hallandale Beach when he shot two people in the valet parking lot of the Beach Walk Resort and Residences, located at 2602 East Hallandale Beach Boulevard, and then fled.
Police were tracking the suspect in the shooting that left one dead and another with gunshot wounds over several days, but on Wednesday they located him in a shared transport vehicle at Plantation where he committed suicide after shooting himself felt stuck.
Amid an investigation, US Marshals officers tracking the homicide suspect arrived in the Cleary Boulevard area between Pine Island Road and Lauderdale West Drive, where there was a heavy police presence around a body covered in a yellow tarp. On the side of the road.
Capt. Pete Abut of the Hallandale Beach Police Department said that “he found her there and she was over there visiting a friend and he was her ex-boyfriend, it looks like at that time (they ran) emotions and he shot them both.” “.
“We were able to identify who he was and with the help of the US Marshalls, we got a warrant for his arrest and they did not help locate the suspect,” confirmed police, who were in a rideshare vehicle. but before reaching it. , officers heard a gunshot.
“When they opened the door, the suspect was in the back, shot and killed by suicide,” confirmed Captain Pete Abut, who added: “It’s a tragedy…there is currently suffering mothers and fathers in three or more different families.”
The two injured were taken to Aventura Hospital where the woman died, while the man remained in critical condition.