infoSurveillance video helps police arrest woman in fatal drive-by shooting in Florida

Surveillance video helps police arrest woman in fatal drive-by shooting in Florida

The Orlando Police Department on Thursday announced the arrest of Marqia Angelia Hamilton in connection with the death of 41-year-old Eloy Lebron, who was found dead behind the wheel of his 1998 Toyota Tacoma on July 23.

A person who was in the truck with Lebron, in the front seat passenger, said they were driving and as they crossed an intersection around 12:30 p.m., shots were fired from another vehicle.

The passenger had to duck down to avoid being struck.

Another witness said both Hamilton, who was the passenger in a Saturn, and the woman who was driving fired shots at Lebron.

Police said surveillance video captured an image of the driver of the Saturn, who was a woman in a white tank top, and it captured a license plate number, which led them to discover that the Saturn belonged to Hamilton\u00e2\u0080\u0099s mother.

Hamilton said she and the woman she identified as the driver of the vehicle were in the area of the shooting the day before to buy marijuana but she said they left when they heard gunshots.

Police said they seized Hamilton\u00e2\u0080\u0099s cellphone, the accused driver\u00e2\u0080\u0099s cellphone and other cellphones that were found in the Saturn and found that based on GPS data, Hamilton and the other woman were in the area at the time of the shooting.

Detectives also went to a McDonald\u00e2\u0080\u0099s that Hamilton and the other woman were at before the shooting and pulled surveillance footage that showed they were wearing clothing that matched the descriptions witnesses provided.

Based on that evidence, a warrant was issued Tuesday for Hamilton\u00e2\u0080\u0099s arrest on a charge of manslaughter with a firearm charge.