This is probably the definition of ride or die that many people are referring to. This man used his girlfriend as a shield and still died during a shootout.
Many were referring to the Missouri couple as the modern day ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’ The couple were on the most wanted list and their crimes such as robberies/kidnappings, came to an end in Florida as they came face to face with authorities. The man, Blake Fitzgerald, hid behind his girlfriend, Brittany Nicole Harper as the shootout began. Fitzgerald died and his girlfriend received a wound in her leg.
The criminal pair — wanted in a string of robberies and kidnappings across Missouri, Georgia, Alabama and Florida — led cops in the Florida panhandle on a high-speed chase before the bullet exchange began, officials said.
Harper, who remains hospitalized with a leg wound, faces a slew of charges including home invasion, robbery, false imprisonment and grand theft auto, but no court appearances are scheduled, Morgan said.
The high-speed chase began shortly after reports of an armed robbery at a Famous Footwear store in Pensacola around 8 p.m. Thursday. Witnesses said the man held a gun on the clerk while the woman shopped, according to Morgan.