Overview
- At a city-approved block party in Palatka, which turned violent Saturday around 8 p.m., a pickup drove through the crowd and drew gunfire from bystanders and two officers.
- Lazayeus Bartley, 36, left the hospital and was booked in Clay County, then transferred to the Putnam County jail on two aggravated battery counts and aggravated fleeing and eluding with injuries.
- Police set his bond at $300,000, and investigators said more charges could follow as evidence is processed.
- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is leading the officer-involved shooting review, and the two Palatka officers who fired are on administrative leave.
- Multiple people were taken to hospitals with injuries not fully disclosed, including a woman who said she was pinned under the truck and suffered spine fractures, while about 1,000 people later regrouped at a nearby shopping center and police reported no officer injuries.