Murder Suspect Ran Victim Over With a Car, Cops Say

St. Petersburg, FL — St. Petersburg Police are asking Tampa Bay area residents to keep their eyes open for a man officers say used a car as a murder weapon.

According to the agency, Taurus Randall Frederick, 38, and Jeron Anthony Davis got into an argument on June 20 in the area of 22nd Avenue South and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South.

At some point during that dispute, Davis walked away. Police say Frederick followed Davis in a car and then used the vehicle to run him over.

“Frederick abandoned the car and ran on foot from the area,” a Tuesday email from police said.

Davis died at the scene.

While police obtained a first-degree murder warrant for Frederick’s arrest on June 23, authorities have yet to locate him. The police department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force are now asking Tampa Bay area residents for help finding him. Anyone with information on Frederick’s whereabouts is asked to call the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at 727-639-1167.

Photo courtesy of the St. Petersburg Police Department