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WEBVTT THE CENTERPIECE OF A GROWINGMEMORIAL HERE AT POLICEHEADQUARTERS.MARKEITH LOYD'S ARREST TUESDAYNIGHT ENDED ONE OF THE MOSTCONCENTRATED SEARCHES BYMULTIPLE POLICE AGENCIES INCENTRAL FLORIDA HISTORY.BUT HE WAS CAUGHT WITHOUT ASINGLE SHOT BEING FIRED, THOUGHHE CLAIMED HE WAS BEATEN BYOFFICERS.>> WE ARE NOT INVESTIGATING ANYUSE OF FORCE AT THIS TIME.>> THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAWENFORCEMENT HAD THREE AGENTS ATTHE HOME WHERE LOYD WASCAPTURED.AGENCY POLICY CALLS FORINVESTIGATING LOCAL POLICE WHENDEADLY FORCE IS USED.>> OUR MEMORANDUM OFUNDERSTANDING IS WITH OPD ANDDOES INCLUDE DEADLY FORCE.IT WAS NOT DEADLY FORCE LASTNIGHT.>> THE SEARCH FOR LOYD BEGAN THENIGHT OF DECEMBER 13, WHEN HISEX-GIRLFRIEND, SADE DIXON, ANDHER BROTHER, RONALD STEWARD,WERE SHOT.SHE AND THE CHILD SHE WASPREGNANT WITH DIED.NEWLY RELEASED RECORDS SHOW LOYDBIT DIXON ON THE SHOULDER DURINGA FIGHT THREE DAYS EARLIER, WHENSHE MOVED OUT OF THE APARTMENTTHEY WERE SHARING.LOYD NEXT SURFACED JANUARY 9, ATTHE WALMART ON PRINCETON STREETWEARING THE SAME SECURITY SHIRTYOU SEE IN THIS PHOTO.WITNESSES SAY LOYD THEN GUNNEDDOWN LIEUTENANT DEBRA CLAYTON.MINUTES LATER, HE ALLEGEDLYFIRED SHOTS AT AN OFFICER ANDCARJACKED A VEHICLE.BY THE AFTERNOON, SWAT TEAMMEMBERS WENT DOOR TO DOOR ATBROOKSIDE APARTMENTS INROSEMONT AFTER A WITNESS CLAIMSTO HAVE SEEN LOYD RUN INTOSEVERAL UNITS BUT POLICE TURNED, UP NOTHING.THEN, THIS PAST SUNDAY POLICEAPPEARED TO BE CLOSING IN, WITHSWAT TEAM MEMBERS SEARCHING ABUILDING AT THE OLD LAKE ORLANDOGOLF CLUB.FINALLY, A BREAK COMES TUESDAYAFTERNOON AS LOYD IS FOUNDHIDING IN THE ABANDONED CARVERSHORES HOUSE AND TAKEN INTOCUSTODY.I TALKED WITH A MEMBER OF THECITIZENS' POLICE REVIEW BOARD,AND HE TOLD BE IT'S VERY LIKELYTHE COMPLAINT BY MARKEITH LOYDTHAT HE WAS BEATEN BY OFFICERSWILL BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD.AGAIN, LOYD HAS NOT BEEN CHARGEDIN THE MURDER OF LIEUTENANT

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Markeith Loyd, the man accused of fatally shooting his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando police officer, remains hospitalized at Orlando Regional Medical Center following his arrest Tuesday night. Loyd’s face was heavily bandaged as officers walked him out of Orlando police headquarters late Tuesday night. They said he was being taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and will be transferred to the Orange County Jail after his hospital stay. Authorities had been searching for Loyd, 41, in connection with the death of Sade Dixon, 24, and Orlando police Master Sgt. Debra Clayton, who investigators said he fatally shot outside of the Walmart on Princeton Street on Jan. 9. According to authorities, Loyd was located around 7 p.m. in an abandoned house on Lescot Lane in Carver Shores. Police said the house was just down the street from the home of Clayton's mother. When he was captured, Loyd was wearing body armor and carrying two handguns. One of the weapons, a Glock handgun, had been modified to carry a 100-round drum of ammunition, Orlando police Cheif John Mina said. Police said they were unsure how long Loyd had been living in the home. Mina said Loyd resisted arrest and suffered facial injuries as a result. As a bandaged Loyd was escorted away from police headquarters he yelled "They beat me up. They beat me up." RAW VIDEO: Markeith Loyd escorted out of police headquarters During a Tuesday night news conference, Mina said some officers finally let their emotions out after capturing Loyd. "It's been a roller coaster of emotions throughout the entire week,” he said. Then he discussed Master Sgt. Debra Clayton saying she "risked her life for the community that she loves." When Loyd was arrested the handcuffs placed on him were Clayton's, Mina said. When asked about this move, it was revealed that at the department, it is custom to honor a fallen officer by placing the suspect connected in their death in the handcuffs that once belonged to that fallen officer. The investigation into who might have assisted Loyd is not over. During the press conference, Mina said investigators believe Loyd had help while he was in hiding and said there could be more arrests in relation to the investigation. But for now, the police chief said he's "very happy no other officers, or citizens were hurt." WATCH: How police tracked down Markeith Loyd Earlier in the day, before Loyd’s capture, Mina said investigators believed Loyd changed his appearance. Police released a digitally altered photo of how Loyd would look without hair and provided new details about his physical appearance. Police also said Loyd was likely wearing a bulletproof vest when he fatally shot Clayton. Since Clayton was killed, police have arrested a former supervisor at the fried-chicken restaurant where Loyd worked, an ex-girlfriend and his niece on charges of helping him evade capture in the weeks after Loyd's ex-girlfriend was fatally shot. Orlando police Chief John Mina said they were not cooperative in locating him. The crime-tip service Crimeline offered a $100,000 reward for tips that would lead to his arrest. MORE: Neighbor says some feared reprisals from tips After Clayton was shot, many of her colleagues immediately joined the pursuit. Among them was sheriff's Deputy First Class Norman Lewis, who died when he was thrown from his motorcycle in an accident.