Deadly hit-and-run suspect shot & killed by police, 3 officers hurt after pursuit ends on I-275

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The Tampa Police Department released video of the pursuit that ended with shots fired on I-275 late Sunday night.

Jeremiah Bailey, 48, was shot and killed after the pursuit. He is the suspect in a series of hit-and-runs that turned deadly.

Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said it started around 8:30 p.m. Sunday with a dispute at Dollar General off Dale Mabry Hwy. and Interbay Blvd. in South Tampa.

Bercaw said Bailey used his car to block 47-year-old Eric Archield’s car, then moved his car and followed the victim to a friend's home near W Meadow St. and S. MacDill Ave., where Bailey hit the victim with his car before taking off.

Tampa police officers shot and killed a suspect in a deadly series of hit-and-runs following a pursuit late Sunday night. Video courtesy of TPD.

Archield suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene, police said.

According to TPD, Bailey then intentionally hit Jesse Rickett, 43, on MacDill Ave. near Interbay Blvd. Rickett suffered head injuries and is listed in critical but stable condition at the hospital.

Minutes later, they say he purposely hit a man who was walking on the 5800 block of Interbay Blvd., police said. He later died.

Then around 10:15 p.m., a fourth hit-and-run was reported in the area of Westshore Blvd. and Lemon St. The man who was hit there was conscious and alert at the scene, TPD said.

None of the victims knew Bailey.

According to Bercaw, officers pursued Bailey onto I-275 northbound, where police executed a PIT maneuver near the Howard Ave./Armenia Ave. exit.

Police said Bailey refused to come out of the car and appeared to reach for something, leading to officers firing shots. Bailey died at the scene.

Three officers were injured, Bercaw said, and are expected to survive. Their injuries appeared to be caused by debris and not a direct gunshot, according to TPD.

Police said Bailey had an extensive, violent criminal history and was released from prison in October 2022.

The northbound side of I-275 was shut down for hours near the Howard Ave./Armenia Ave. exit early Monday, but the interstate has since reopened.

"Our thoughts are with the family of the man who was killed by the suspect tonight," Bercaw said during a news conference early Monday.

Bercaw also spoke about the injured officers.

"Thankfully, their injuries are not life-threatening. Every day our officers go out, put themselves in danger. And tonight was just another example of their heroic efforts in ending this violent rampage of a suspect," Bercaw said.

Injured officers

* Sgt. Joe Ltief, 10 years with Tampa Police
* Officer Rachel Carr, 5 years with Tampa Police
* Officer Joseph Barry, 4 years with Tampa Police

All three injured officers have been treated and released from the hospital.

TPD has not yet released the name of the man who was hit and killed by Bailey.

Bailey's criminal history includes battery on a law enforcement officer, battery on an EMT, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.