DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. — A man with 11 arrest warrants was arrested Friday in Daytona Beach Shores, but not before police said he tried to flee and crashed into numerous cars in a Winn-Dixie parking lot.
Daytona Beach Shores police officers said they attempted to apprehend William Randolph Klein Jr., 45, as he left the Winn-Dixie. But instead, they said Klein got in his car and tried to drive away, hitting five vehicles.
Police said when they tried to take Klein down, he got into this car and put it in reverse, hitting a police sergeant. That caused the gun in the sergeant’s hand to go off and hit Klein's vehicle, police said.
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“I knew for sure it was a gunshot, and I looked up and saw police officers with guns drawn and a guy standing there and another guy on the ground,” said shopper Renee Simms.
Detectives said Klein drove forward and hit another officer's car and a customer’s car. He kept going until he hit another two empty vehicles, then police pulled him out and arrested him, authorities said.
No one was hurt.
Klein was booked into the Volusia County Jail. State records show Klein had served time in prison on grand theft and burglary charges.
.@DBShoresPS take down fugitive William Randolph Klein jr. He has 11 warrants out for him. Police say he hit 5 cars trying to get away pic.twitter.com/q7VqFOh0UJ
— Mike Springer WFTV (@mspringerwftv) April 26, 2019
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