Man held ex-girlfriend at gunpoint, barricaded inside an apartment before shooting, killing himself
Newly released bodycam footage shows the intense moments after a man held his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint and barricaded himself inside a family’s apartment, according to the Tampa Police Department.
A police detective responded around 3:40 p.m. Thursday, to the Meridian Pointe Apartments on East Hillsborough Avenue after receiving a call from a teen girl saying her ex-boyfriend was following her.
The detective was the lead investigator on a previous harassing phone calls case involving the teens.
Police say the ex-boyfriend, identified as 18-year-old Damarion Murray, then pulled a gun from his waistband and chased the girl into an apartment building, shooting at her twice.
“Thankfully, she was not struck,” the police department wrote in a release.
Murray held the girl at gunpoint, forced her into an occupied apartment and barricaded the door, according to investigators.
“Murray then called a family member, stating ‘Either she dies, or I die,’ as the family member tried to convince him to let everyone leave safely,” police said.
