We promise this isn't a joke.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, K9 deputies, the SWAT Team and Negotiator Response Team members were called to handle a fleeing 18-year-old Myles Abbott.
During the armed stand-off, deputies were interrupted by a naked woman driving her golf cart through the SWAT team's position, putting herself and deputies in danger.
A nude woman driving a golf cart in Florida was arrested after she drove into the middle of an active crime scene. Police officers and an armed suspect were in a middle of a stand off until she came throughpic.twitter.com/NFzjSgsnE4— My Mixtapez (@My Mixtapez) 1631160457
It was a six hour stand-off that included a chase where Abbott shot at civilians and inflicted a wound on his own leg before perching himself on the roof of a stranger's home. Sheriff's office personnel attempted to speak with Abbott and even had his sister talk to him.
Deputies then used "specialized equipment and bean bag rounds" to force Abbott out of his position. Abbott fled the area and began the chase.
While deputies tried to detain Myles Abbott, Jessica Smith faces charges for "resisting an officer without violence" and for interrupting their work by driving her golf cart, while completely naked, through the scene.
Pinellas County Sheriff Department had cordoned off the area. Several deputies told Smith to get out of the golf cart, but all requests were ignored.
The affidavit read:
"The defendant had a distinct odour of an alcoholic beverage coming from her person, and she was completely nude."
Reasons for her charges were:
"[Smith's] actions and inability to follow directions put multiple deputies at risk for potentially getting shot at."
Twitter does not seem to be upset by Smiths' actions.
In fact, most people seem pretty impressed.
She sound like a hero nobody died— 3veril Makes Art (@3veril Makes Art) 1631160643
Florida is such a wild place— CWF Network (@CWF Network) 1631161246
She must have stop the whole situation even the suspect got confused— Yunggunna007\ud83d\udc3a\u271d\ufe0f\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb8 (@Yunggunna007\ud83d\udc3a\u271d\ufe0f\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb8) 1631161169
She prevented a murder FREE HER GODDAMNIT— shazor_bo1 (@shazor_bo1) 1631185284
She was like, "Make love, not war".— \u00d8bi\u00eb (@\u00d8bi\u00eb) 1631174360
She lowkey bad asf— TDub (@TDub) 1631196236
Cops :pic.twitter.com/M6G6Yk3CTt— \ud83c\udf41 (@\ud83c\udf41) 1631145223
Many people were not surprised, since it happened in Florida.
This kinda normal for Florida— TheFilmNoir_ (@TheFilmNoir_) 1631145135
Florida people:pic.twitter.com/OO8sszg1VD— DeJuan Tarver (@DeJuan Tarver) 1631144930
florida gonna florida— art school dropout (@art school dropout) 1631146299
I love this place lmao— zaldiv oster (@zaldiv oster) 1631168458
A few people thought Smith was a Lady Gaga look alike.
Looks like Lady Gaga— Moddick (@Moddick) 1631106822
Isn't that lady gaga— Bitcoin Babi (@Bitcoin Babi) 1631129576
thought this was Gaga lol— carlo \uea00 (@carlo \uea00) 1631101024
All jokes aside, this was a very dangerous situation.
Two other teens were arrested, 16-year-old Skyi Julien and 18-year-old Ki'moni Anderson, for Grand Theft of a Firearm, Carrying a Concealed Firearm and other charges.
Abbott was taken to the hospital for his self inflicted gunshot wound.
8 On Your Side spoke with the man who owned the home Abbott was camped out on.
"It was a constant attempt to deescalate the situation."
"While it was scary, I never thought there would be a shootout, but I was prepared to grab my wife and child if that did happen."
"Thank God it didn't happen."
A 15-year-old boy was shot during the incident and has since passed away.
Our thoughts go out to everyone impacted by this sad and bizarre situation.