Mount Dora, Florida — The Lake County sheriff’s office released body and dash cam video that shows the moments an 18-year-old identified as Jonny Santiago got into a shootout with Lake County deputies during a high-speed chase, that ended with him crashing a truck into a Mount Dora synagogue on Monday, according to authorities. On Sunday, July 10, 2022 the agency received a call at about 11 p.m. from the teen’s mother, who is in New York, concerned about an argument Santiago had with his father at their Deltona home, while she was on the phone with her spouse. VCSO spokesperson Andrew Gant said deputies were dispatched to check on them at their house on Lehigh Drive but found nobody there.
Then, deputies in DeBary spotted a Ford F-150 truck Santiago was known to drive. Grant said the vehicle fled from an attempted stop. Santiago reportedly sped away from police again in Sanford before a helicopter spotted the pickup about 4:45 p.m. Monday, near U.S. Highway 441 and Eudora Road. A deputy tried to pull the truck over while driving along U.S. Hwy 441 through Mount Dora. What followed was a high-speed chase that dash cam footage caught on camera. Dash camera video shows the moment a deputy collided with Santiago’s truck Monday. “Shots fired! Shots fired,” one deputy could be heard saying amid the pursuit. “He was shooting at me in front of the cemetery,” he added.
Santiago is reportedly seen firing at the deputy and the deputy firing back, hitting him. Santiago was taken to hospital, listed in stable condition after shootout Investigators believe Santiago killed his father, Juan Santiago, in Deltona. His father has been missing since Sunday night and family members have flown in from out-of-state hoping to help find him. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office believes violence erupted after Santiago and his father argued about using the family truck. Sheriff Mike Chitwood said the two began to argue as Johnny’s mother was on the phone with Juan in New York. Jonny Santiago faces charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, discharging a firearm from a vehicle in public and aggravated fleeing and eluding lights and sirens. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is currently investigating.
