Frank Rolston Friday, 20, is the only suspect, police say

BELLEVIEW — A 19-year-old woman was shot and killed Monday morning, and a man believed to be the 20-year-old suspect shot himself when law officers caught up with him after a long chase.

Frank Rolston Friday is the only suspect in the killing of Saraih Dixon at a duplex-style apartment in the 5900 block of Front Street in Belleview. A man matching Friday's description was in critical condition Monday night at an undisclosed hospital.

Following the shooting, that man crashed a car a few miles north of the scene off Baseline Road and then fled to nearby Golf Park Estates, where he shot himself when confronted by members of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting, sheriff’s spokeswoman Lauren Lettelier said. As of 7 p.m. Monday authorities had not said whether Friday was the man who injured himself during the capture.

According to a Belleview Police Department press release, officers from that agency responded about 8:30 a.m. Monday to a call about a woman screaming and shots fired.

They arrived in three minutes. Officers found Dixon on the sidewalk. A young child was still inside in a car seat in her car, according to Belleview Lt. Lawrence Bryan.

Bryan said Friday has been arrested twice in connection with domestic issues with the victim. Bryan said there are "no other suspects" in Monday's homicide.

Witnesses told police they saw a driver fleeing the area in a gray Impala. Meanwhile, a gray Impala was involved in a traffic accident on Baseline Road. Bryan said the driver reportedly made statements that he wanted officers to shoot him.

Witnesses said they saw a man with a firearm running from the accident. Sheriff’s deputies chased the man but lost sight of him until about 2 p.m.

About 11:30 a.m. Monday, the Sheriff's Office sent out an alert saying deputies were searching for an armed man who had fled a vehicle accident. Several roads were closed at Southeast 92nd Loop and Baseline Road, near the Golf Park subdivision, and traffic was being directed off Baseline and onto U.S. 441. Deputies were searching for the man on foot, with a K-9 unit, and in the air.

Marilyne and Edwin Thillet have lived in the west side of the apartments on Front Street for about four years and they have seen Friday and Dixon together.

"I heard five shots and I thought it was a drive-by shooting," said Edwin Thillet, 50. He said he called 911 he and his wife took shelter inside and remained there until police arrived.