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TAMPA, Florida – The latest on a flight accident that killed a Florida father riding a bicycle with his young sons (all local times):
3:45 p.m.
The parents of a man arrested in Florida for allegedly beating and killing a man on a bike say that their son is a talented athlete who is suffering from a profound mental illness.
Michael and Khadeeja Morse said Monday that they are devastated by the accident and extend their condolences to the victim's family.
Their 30-year-old son, Mikese Morse, has been hospitalized several times since his early twenties. They say that he was taking a psychotic break Sunday when authorities said that he had deliberately left the road, "cutting through the traffic and on a servitude of grass, to kill a father of 42". years on a bike with his two young sons.
American athletics athlete, Mikese Morse has repeatedly qualified for the US Olympic Trials.
But his parents told The Associated Press that in the last few years he's been debating mentally, sometimes seeming to work well and other times, not taking his meds and not not fulminant on social networks.
Walrus say their son asked the police to incarcerate him involuntarily in an institution two weeks ago, but he was released recently.
10:15
A motorist arrested in Florida after a witness stated that he had deliberately toppled a cyclist is an American athlete who has repeatedly qualified for the Olympic Trials in the United States.
According to the Tampa police, 30-year-old Mikese Morse deliberately left the road on Sunday, "cutting through the traffic and on a servitude of grass, to kill a 42-year-old father on a bike with his two youngsters. son.
As an athlete, Mikese specializes in the long jump. He attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, where he won the Big East Championship for jumping 25 feet and 7 and a half inches (7.81 meters). He also attended the University of Miami.
He was a finalist at the US Olympic Games in 2008 and 2016.
Police said Monday that Morse was recently hospitalized against his will for a mental assessment.
Morse is charged with premeditated first degree murder and leaving the scene. Prison records do not list any lawyer.
09:00.
Police in Florida say that a motorist has "deliberately left the road," crossing traffic and crossing a grasp of grass, to kill a 42-year-old father during a bike ride with his two young sons.
Tampa police chief Brian Dugan told reporters on Monday that witnesses saw Mikese Morse, 30, hit the family and set off at full speed. He was arrested Sunday night in his parents' home in Tampa after someone spotted the vehicle the police were looking for and called 911.
The accident occurred Sunday afternoon while Pedro Aguerreberry, 42, was pulling a child on his bike with another child behind. The chief says that all were wearing helmets and were on the off-road bike trail. Aguerreberry is dead and his 3-year-old son is seriously injured.
Dugan also says that Morse was recently hospitalized against his will for a mental assessment. He says that Morse entered a police station on June 12 and exhibited a "strange behavior", so the police detained him.
Morse is now charged with premeditated first degree murder and leaving the scene. Prison records do not list any lawyer.
7:43
A 30-year-old Florida man is accused of deliberately driving in a bicycle family, killing the father and seriously injuring a toddler.
According to the Tampa police, Mikese Morse, 30, was arrested on Sunday night and charged with premeditated first degree murder. He is also charged with leaving the scene of an accident with a death and injury. He is held without bail in Hillsborough County Jail.
Tampa police chief Brian Dugan told reporters that Pedro Aguerreberry, 42, was riding an off-road bike trail with his young sons around noon on Sunday when Morse drove his Dodge Avenger off the road.
Aguerreberry was killed and Bennett, his three-year-old son, was seriously injured. Lucas, his 8 year old son, was not seriously injured.
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