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Fugitive Murder Suspect Captured in Orlando. Aired 8-9p ET

Aired January 17, 2017 - 20:00   ET

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[20:00:00] (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ASHLEIGH BANFIELD, HOST (voice-over): On the run for more than a month, a trail of bodies in his wake. And now police say they have captured

Markeith Loyd.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Nicole (ph) touched many people throughout her short life.

BANFIELD: A 13-year-old girl kidnapped, stabbed to death, her body dumped miles from home. Seems there`s no doubt who did it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Natalie Keepers (ph) charged with concealing a dead body.

BANFIELD: But how did a promising young engineering student get mixed up in a little girl`s grisly murder?

A 12-year-old boy found dead in his home.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I thought it was a dream.

BANFIELD: His mother hauled in and charged.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He didn`t deserve this.

BANFIELD: Now it`s revealed he`s not her first 12-year-old to die.

They adopted a handful of kids and now they`re headed for divorce. But did one woman give up her baby for Brangelina`s charmed life?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She`s from Ethiopia. She`s an AIDS orphan.

BANFIELD: Does a biological mom in Africa now want back in the picture?

Just another day on a quiet street until this, a man blows himself up in his own apartment to cover his ugly crimes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Smoky, and it smelled like gas.

BANFIELD: Why cops say the world may be better off without him.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BANFIELD: Hello, everyone. I`m Ashleigh Banfield. Welcome to PRIMETIME JUSTICE.

We`re following breaking news tonight. After more than 35 days on the run, look at this picture. Those are the folks in Orlando, good folks in the

police department, sheriff`s deputies, hauling in the captured suspect, Markeith Loyd, suspected of killing a cop and other killings, as well.

This video came in to us all within the last 30 minutes. It is official, he is off the streets.

He`s been in hiding since the shooting death of Master Sergeant Debra Clayton, who tried to stop him outside of a Wal-Mart last Monday. He was

also wanted before that in connection with the murder of his pregnant girlfriend just a month ago.

Want to show you the tweet that Orlando police sent out just an hour ago. It`s pretty self-explanatory -- "Captured." That reward, by the way, of

$100,000 had gone up to $125,000.

The Orlando Police Department now saying he is officially in custody. And according to the chief, when he was arrested, he was wearing Sergeant

Clayton`s handcuffs. Just think about that for a moment. The sergeant he is accused of killing in cold blood, firing behind him as he ran from her,

firing as she was falling to the sidewalk, falling, and firing after she was fallen -- her cuffs were used to bring him in.

Want to go live to Orlando right now. Ray Caputo, reporter with News 96.5 WDBO, joins me live. This has got to be sheer jubilation on the streets of

your city tonight, Ray.

RAY CAPUTO, WDBO (via telephone): Yes, jubilation, Ashleigh, but also it`s very bittersweet because, you know, this guy left bodies in his wake. And

we`re just happy he`s off the street right now.

I got to personally tell you that I didn`t think it was going to end this peacefully. I thought he was going to go down firing. You know, that`s

just the mentality this guy has had. But I mean, everything ended peacefully tonight. And I`m just glad that I don`t have to report on

another funeral of one of our great law enforcement officers here in Orlando, or any other civilian, for that matter.

BANFIELD: You know what? Not just the police officers, either. It seems people within his immediate circle, you know, were never spared because his

pregnant ex-girlfriend is dead. That unborn child is dead. Her brother, who came rushing to her aid, was shot. Police officer Sergeant Debra

Clayton dead. Sheriff`s deputy Norman Lewis, who was in the manhunt for him, killed in a traffic accident while hunting him down. Who knows what

else could have happened. Ray, you`re absolutely right about that trail of horror he left behind.

Seeing these pictures, Ray, I want our viewers to zero in as we loop this video when he`s being hauled in and yelling something back to the press. I

want to draw your attention to his eye. His left eye looks as though it`s pretty darn swollen, looks like he has a black eye.

Do we know anything about the circumstances, how rough this arrest was?

CAPUTO: We`re going to be learning more within the hour. But you know what, Ashleigh? I got to be frank with you. Those officers that arrested

him probably weren`t too happy with Mr. Loyd. I don`t know what happened, I don`t know if he resisted or not, but he certainly came in, and when he

was being brought in, if you listen to him, he`s yelling, "They beat me up," and he says that a couple times.

So I`m not really sure what happened. I`m not even sure if we`ll ever get those details. But I`ll tell you one thing. I don`t think anybody`s

crying right now about Markeith Loyd`s injuries.

You know, what we`re concerned with is, again, the terror he left at his wake, and some of the families now that have to live without loved ones.

[20:05:04]BANFIELD: I`m also noticing his hair seems cropped short, shorter than the videos that we had released earlier, the photos that had

been released of him. And it`s interesting, Ray, because just today, before they captured him, before these moments, just within the hour, they

had released another photo of him and they`d marked him up to look like what he might appear as had he shaved his head. They sent out pictures of

this being what he would look like were he bald, were he shaved -- you know, were he have to have shaved his head.

And I got to be honest, with the photos that we`re seeing him of being hauled into the PD, he doesn`t look a whole lot different.

CAPUTO: Yes, that`s right. He was clearly in hiding. I mean, if the body armor wasn`t enough to show you his mentality, and you know, all the people

that he has been working with to get away and be on the run this long, I mean, his hair is just another sign that the guy wasn`t trying to go down

lightly.

So yes, I mean, kudos for our officers and our investigators. I have to give them so much credit right now for bringing this to a peaceful

resolution.

BANFIELD: I`m watching the collection of authorities hauling him in, the sheer volume of those guys surrounding him as he calls out whatever, you

know, crocodile tears he`s calling out. They got sheriff`s deputies. They got Orlando PD.

And just keep watching the video because at the very tail end, the last officer walks in. Ray, you said it was bittersweet. I think the sweet

moment can be witnessed on the face of the last officer who`s walking in. It seems to me he turns around, and he is smiling.

The others are very serious, but the last officer -- hold, wait for it just a moment. Oh, we looped it too quickly. The last officer who went in

through that door seemed to have a smile on his face. And that seems to be -- here, look at him. I`m not wrong. That`s the police chief! That`s

Chief John Mina. Wow! You could tell from the tweet that that`s how he felt, Ray.

CAPUTO: Yes. Yes. Well, you know what, Ashleigh? I -- Sunday, I had an unfortunate experience of covering Deputy Norman Lewis`s funeral. He was

the motorcycle cop killed while they were looking for Markeith Loyd.

And let me tell you how heartbreaking -- every police agency in the state and beyond was there. You know, most of us don`t take the risk that these

officers take when they -- when they go to work.

You know, my biggest risk is going and driving to work on I-4. These people put their lives at risk every single day, and they showed out in

force to respect the sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice that one of their own had made. So you know what? They`re pleased right now. And

bittersweet, perfect word to describe how they must be feeling.

BANFIELD: See that police chief with that big smile.

Let me tell you something else. When you look to the right of your screen and see Master Sergeant Debra Clayton, seen in better days before she was

viciously murdered outside that Wal-Mart, I can tell you right now that Chief John Mina has done something extraordinary. He has posthumously

promoted Master Sergeant Clayton to the rank of lieutenant and sent out a tweet saying, "We salute you, Lieutenant." I mean, if that doesn`t just

give you goose bumps at the time when they`re pulling in her killer, wearing her cuffs!

I say allegedly, but at this point, it is going to be real hard to find a jury that doesn`t believe that this guy who has left so many others in his

wake isn`t a very guilty person. It is going to be a really uphill battle for any defense attorney who`s going to come in now.

And Ray, this is a hard question to ask, but you know it`s on the minds of so many. There were many who did not want to see him taken alive.

CAPUTO: Oh, yes. And you know what? Today, you can see people unfiltered, I guess on Facebook, when you see them commenting about social

media posts. And I can`t say I saw anything pleasant about Markeith Loyd. I mean, people wanted his head on a stick. I feel bad for whatever

blackened this man`s soul, darkened his man`s soul over the years, but he in the end was just a horrible human being. And you know, so yes, I guess

people wanted his head on a stick, and I can`t blame them for it for what he`s done.

BANFIELD: All right. I want to remind our viewers this is Florida, folks. That`s a death penalty state. And if there were ever capital crimes that

would qualify, this is definitely one of them. Also want to just let you know that what you are seeing is silent. We are working on getting the

audio as well. But I can tell you right now what he`s yelling. "They beat me up." That`s what he`s yelling out of his two black eyes and his very

swollen appearance, he`s yelling "They beat me up."

It`s a little hard to take a guy down who`s wearing body armor. And that`s another nugget of news that we`re learning, that when they took him down,

he, in fact, was still wearing the body armor. So maybe it was a big struggle to get this guy down, but his last words before going in through

those doors into the Orlando Police Department, followed by the police chief himself -- there he is -- "They beat me up."

What did you do? There`s the question. What did you do, Markeith Loyd, before anybody allegedly beat you up?

[20:10:02I want to bring in Tom Fuentes, CNN senior law enforcement analyst and a former FBI assistant director. You may not be a member of the

Orlando Police Department, Tom, you may not be one of these sheriff`s deputies in Florida, but you are a brother in arms, as well, and you have

to be feeling something about this.

TOM FUENTES, CNN SR. LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Oh, absolutely, Ashleigh. I was a street cop for six years before becoming an agent for 30 years. So I

absolutely can sympathize with the law enforcement community nationwide, much less in the Orlando area that has endured this.

You know, we commented that he couldn`t stay out forever. He needed support. He needed shelter, food, water, money. And at some point, they

were going to get him, and you know, we`re glad that`s happened, that he`s in custody and off the street and will no longer pose a danger to anybody

out there.

BANFIELD: Tom, one of the reasons that John Mina may be smiling, apart from the obvious, is that he was hauled in wearing Master Sergeant, now

Lieutenant Debra Clayton`s own handcuffs, the officer he is accused of gunning down in cold blood outside of that Wal-Mart. I want you to talk to

me a little bit about that tradition. It`s not the first time I`ve heard of this, using not only the cruiser or the cuffs but some personal item of

a fallen officer in order to collar an alleged bad guy.

FUENTES: No, it`s obviously a sign of honor of Lieutenant Clayton, and you know, a sign to add to the humiliation of Loyd being captured and knowing

that he will pay the price for having murdered her, as well as the alleged murder of his girlfriend pregnant with his child back in December that he

was originally wanted for. So I think that, yes, it`s sending a message to him, as well as others, that this is what happens.

BANFIELD: Tom, a lot of those deputies -- I want to loop that video again. Look closely at the guys surrounding him. Many of them are masked. Some

of those sheriff`s deputies are cloaked. You can see they`ve got scarves over them so that their identities are hidden. Talk to me about that.

FUENTES: Well, they may be, you know, also doing undercover roles in drug cases or other investigations, and you know, may want to conceal their

identity from the cameras, from the media as they perform their duties in this extraordinary manhunt to catch him. So that may be a possibility of,

you know, why they`re doing that.

BANFIELD: Yes. And it can`t be -- you know, can`t be missed that he looks like he`s taken a few full whacks to the face. I mean...

FUENTES: Well, if you notice -- I mean...

BANFIELD: ... he has two swollen eyes.

FUENTES: He`s not a small person. So a man his size, his athletic ability, wearing body armor, if he resisted arrest, he`s going to get hurt.

And the only...

BANFIELD: Anything goes.

FUENTES: It`s going to be very difficult to take somebody into custody that doesn`t want to go.

BANFIELD: OK. I want to play this full-up now so you can hear how this sounded outside of the Orlando PD.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Markeith, do you have anything to say?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why did you do it?

MARKEITH LOYD, MURDER SUSPECT: They beat me up!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Where have you been hiding?

LOYD: They beat me up!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What did you say?

LOYD: They beat me up.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BANFIELD: Yes, Police Chief John Mina may not have said much, but I think the look on his face spoke volumes at this moment, three times Markeith

Loyd crying the crocodile tears, "They beat me up. They beat me up. They beat me up."

Can I remind you of the trail of horror he`s accused of being responsible for? Let me go through the list for you. I`ll start with Sade Dixon,

beautiful, pregnant mother of his unborn child. I think it was about a month prior to her being murdered in cold blood and that child losing its

life, as well, this beautiful woman was in for a sonogram with him. They were in getting a sonogram. He was looking at his own child in utero. And

a month later, they both be (sic) dead, Sade and that unborn baby, and her brother who came to try to rescue her also shot.

After that, Lieutenant -- now Lieutenant -- Debra Clayton gunned down outside of that Wal-Mart. There she is. This is her. This is Debra

Clayton doing what she did all the time. She was beloved in that community for her community outreach, shot down in cold blood.

And then Sheriff`s Deputy Norman Lewis, who joined in the manhunt for Markeith Loyd -- there he is -- he`s another fallen hero tonight, guys. He

was out looking for Markeith Loyd when he was hit on his motorcycle and killed.

[20:15:00]We are waiting on a live news conference that`s scheduled to start in just minutes, the Orlando PD. Can you imagine what these officers

are about to say? They got their guy. And we`re going to let you hear from them raw next.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BANFIELD: Our breaking news tonight, Orlando breathing a sigh of relief tonight. And I don`t think it`s just Orlando. It`s Florida. It`s

neighboring states. It`s everyone across America who watched for the last 35 days as police everywhere, hundreds of them, were on a manhunt for that

guy, Markeith Loyd, being hauled into the Orlando Police Department all in the last hour, deputies tracking him down, the police chief smiling as he

walks through those doors, knowing that they have collared now who was considered to be one of the U.S. Marshals` 15 most wanted.

They, by the way, U.S. Marshals, just threw another $25,000 at that reward today. $125,000 total was up for grabs, the bounty on that man`s head

after a trail of bodies was left behind.

[20:20:00]He`s been on the run since allegedly killing his pregnant ex- girlfriend, her unborn child, wounding her brother who came to her rescue, killing then Master Sergeant, now posthumously promoted to Lieutenant Debra

Clayton, in cold blood outside of a Wal-Mart. And the death of sheriff`s deputy Norman Lewis followed, as well, in the manhunt for Markeith Loyd. A

lot of fallen people and a lot of relieved people tonight, you can be sure.

I want to go to Joey Jackson, defense attorney, and also Danny Cevallos, defense attorney, and Doug Burns, former federal (ph) prosecutor.

Joey, first question for you. He had two black eyes. He was screaming, "They beat me up." Let`s listen to it. I want to get your -- you`re the

defense attorney. You`re the guy who goes in and meets with him first, and I want to get the first thing that you would ask him.

Let`s watch what he said as he was on his way in to the PD.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Markeith, you have anything to say?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why did you do it?

LOYD: They beat me up!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Where have you been hiding?

LOYD: They beat me up!

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What did you say?

LOYD: They beat me up!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BANFIELD: "They beat me up" three times, all he had to say, nothing about the victims that he`s alleged to have destroyed, effectively.

JOEY JACKSON, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Yes.

BANFIELD: You`re the guy who`s got to go and defend him?

JACKSON: Well, let`s be clear. The whole "They beat me up" will fall on deaf ears.

BANFIELD: Yes, sort of Lee Harvey Oswald-esque. (ph)

JACKSON: That`s not going to be evident to anyone when you look at his rap sheet, what he did and when you look at the crimes that related to the

police officer, Sergeant Clayton, now Lieutenant Clayton, shooting her, then shooting her again while she`s defenseless.

But you know, when we as defense lawyers speak to clients, it`s not legal rocket science. We, like anyone else, want to know what happened. What

was the motivation? What occurred? What were you thinking about? So you can formulate any defenses here.

Obviously, the defenses that he has are going to be somewhat limited in light of the fact not only do they have evidence in terms of what he did,

but now you have the flight, which shows consciousness of guilt. He`s on the run. I`m quite frankly surprised, as I think we all are...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

JACKSON: ... that he actually was captured alive.

BANFIELD: Yes. Danny, he was wearing body armor when they got him.

DANNY CEVALLOS, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Yes, that body armor adds to the law enforcement`s reasonable apprehension about deadly force to be used against

them. So you know, the exclamation that, Hey, they beat me up -- I don`t know -- I can`t think of a case in recent history where law enforcement had

more reasonable grounds to believe that deadly force would be used against them, therefore justifying their own use of force. And probably even

deadly force would have been warranted under most circumstances in this apprehension.

BANFIELD: You know, Doug, there were a lot of people who wanted him to be taken down. They wanted him to go down in his own flames, no one else`s

flames. They don`t want to have to pay for -- they don`t want to have to pay for the death penalty prosecution and the next 20 years of litigation

of it, which could run into the many, many millions. And that`s likely what`s going to happen here.

Do you see any chance that this guy is going to avoid a death penalty trial? Do you see any chance for a deal?

DOUG BURNS, FORMER PROSECUTOR: It`s going to be -- first of all, to answer the last part, they`re not going to offer this guy anything, in my opinion.

BANFIELD: Yes.

BURNS: Absolutely zero. Not going to happen. Vicious, violently armed guy is a fugitive. Danny`s point, when you`re wearing body armor, that

ratchets it up, makes it even more serious. It`s also a separate crime, committing a crime while wearing body armor. So there`ll be no deal.

As far as the defense, you know, as Joey says, look, you know, you start from square one, you go through the facts and you go from there. But this

is going to be a very, very difficult case to defend, in my opinion.

BANFIELD: Joey, your dad was a police officer.

JACKSON: That`s right.

BANFIELD: These cops are coming out in six-and-a-half minutes. What are they going to say?

JACKSON: You know, it`s really a brother and a sisterhood. It`s a law enforcement community that we have to remember, they go out and they risk

the lives so that people like you and me and everybody else can live a life, potentially, free of crime. And you know, they put it all on the

line for us.

And so one of their brother or sister officers in this case goes down, they leave no stone unturned in order to apprehend that person. And they do

that obviously because of the care (ph) and concern for someone as wonderful as her. But you know, you want to send a deterrent and you want

to send message that anyone who will do anything...

BANFIELD: (INAUDIBLE)

JACKSON: Absolutely.

BANFIELD: Got to feel different. Look, if he was on the run and he had left a whole bunch of civilians in his wake, they would be devastated.

They would be thrilled to bring him in.

JACKSON: Yes. Sure.

BANFIELD: There is this added notion that there are two of...

JACKSON: It`s one of their own.

BANFIELD: ... their brothers -- their brother and their sister that are down. That`s got to change the dynamic.

JACKSON: I think it really does. And you know, obviously, there are always -- we can talk about tensions in law enforcement and communities,

but at the end of the day, we have to remember they`re serving the public. They`re doing the best they can, and they deserve to go home to their

families like anybody else deserves to do that. And so when that doesn`t happen, obviously, they mark it up as high as they can, and they ratchet up

the heat in order to get the person.

And you know, Ashleigh, we talk about notions of justice all the time. But you know, what really is the justice for Lieutenant Clayton`s family?

What`s the justice for his girlfriend, who was pregnant? You know, it certainly -- he will be served justice swiftly in the system...

[20:25:10]BANFIELD: Sure.

JACKSON: ... but at the end of the day, there ares people dead here and that`s a tragic thing.

BANFIELD: There`s no question.

(CROSSTALK)

BANFIELD: Hey, Buddy Dyer (ph) is the Orlando mayor, and he has tweeted out, you know, his thanks to the Orlando Police Department and prayers to

the fallen officers, as well.

And I just want to give you a quick reminder, we`ve got that countdown clock going because at 8:30, the police are going to hold a news conference

about this big arrest.

Markeith Loyd`s reign of terror, his 35 days on the run, is over. The jubilation and the sadness is all about to come through that mike in

minutes. Back in a moment.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BANFIELD: Captured! Tonight, a man on the run for 35 days, Markeith Loyd -- he has had hundreds of officers trying to hunt him down, and they got

him. Boy, did they!

[20:30:00] Look how many brought him in to the Orlando Police Department in the last hour and a half or so, yelling all the while "they beat me up,

they beat me up." Sporting two black eyes and that`s just the beginning of the discomfort he`s about to feel as he more than likely begins to face

down a death penalty trial for the killing of Officer Debra Clayton who has now been posthumously promoted to lieutenant.

For the death and the killing of his former girlfriend, who was pregnant at the time, her unborn child, dying as well. For shooting at a police

officer, missing, thank God. For shooting at his pregnant girlfriend`s brother, not missing. And for the death of another police officer who was

on the hunt for him and was killed in a traffic accident.

Just minutes from now, any moment now, in fact, those officers and my guess is the chief, John Mina, who you just saw smiling as he was walking in,

about to give a news conference. They`ve got the mike set up. And look what`s off to the left. That reward, 100k, went up to $125,000 today after

the U.S. Marshals bumped it up.

And look what`s underneath, captured. He was one of the 15 most wanted according to the U.S. Marshals. Not anymore. There will be someone else on

that list by tomorrow, mark my words. I want to tell you something that Wesh News in Florida has been reporting about this capture, and that was

that Markeith Loyd apparently had two guns on him when he was captured.

We already know he was wearing body armor when he was captured. He was also wearing something else of significance when he was being hauled in to the

police department. A pair of handcuffs. They happen to be the handcuffs belonging to Lieutenant Debra Clayton. The officer he`s accused of killing.

I want to play that sound up as he`s going inside the police office -- the police department, calling out the whole while that the police apparently

roughed him up during the arrest.

(START VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Markeith, do you have anything to say? Why did you do it?

MARKEITH LOYD, ACCUSED OF KILLING AND SHOOTING: They beat me up.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Where have you been hiding?

LOYD: They beat me up.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What did you say?

LOYD: They beat me up.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BANFIELD: If they beat you up, Mr. Loyd, it is lucky for you that`s all that happened. Most people didn`t think it would go down this well. Also

Ray Caputo believes that as well, reporter for 96.5 WDBO who`s with me still live. Ray, we`re waiting on that news conference, the Orlando police

about to give that news conference any moment. I may have to interrupt you, so forgive me if I do.

Let`s remember, there are three other people who are under arrest tonight for aiding and abetting this guy. What`s going to happen with them? Do you

suspect they had anything to do with tracking him down and catching him tonight?

CAPUTO: Well, I`m not sure. There has been some information out there that said his niece did know his whereabouts. I don`t know -- yeah, I can`t

confirm that, but these individuals, the chief and authorities have said they`re going to face the fullest extent of the law.

Now, I was talking to you last week, you were talking about his niece, I told you then, I`ll say it again now, that if she would have turned her

uncle in, those two police officers, those two law enforcement officers, would still be alive today. This would be over.

But she aided and abetted him and he went on to -- I mean, you can almost trace this trail of four directly back to her and the other individuals

that kept him on the run. Now, one thing I also say is that I checked out a Facebook page of his associate, Mr. Maya, whom he worked with before he

made it private and he had some videos on there that weren`t too sympathetic to law enforcement officers as well.

And I can tell that the police are not going to be sympathetic to him as well as the other two suspects and prosecute them to the full extent of the

law.

BANFIELD: Let me just reintroduce our viewers to these three faces on your screen. Zarghee Maya was a restaurant co-worker. By all accounts, it

seemed like he was Markeith Loyd`s boss. He was hauled in. There was some discussion about providing money or back pay to Markeith Loyd while he was

on the run.

Young lady in the middle, Lakensha Smith-Loyd, that is the niece that you heard Ray Caputo talking about. Loyd`s niece, Lakensha Smith-Loyd, brought

in as well for part of this aiding and abetting. And then on the far right, Jameis Slaughter, another ex-girlfriend. May I remind you, she is one ex-

girlfriend.

The pregnant ex-girlfriend ended up dead. There is apparently a wife as well. So, plenty of ladies in Markeith Loyd`s life who probably will not be

seeing him up close any time soon.

Again, picture on the left side of your screen, the live mike, as the Orlando police wait to go live and update us about their latest collar, the

capture, the end of the manhunt for Markeith Loyd tonight and the end of the trail of terror. The mood must be mixed and you`re about to see it

live.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

BANFIELD: Just in the nick of time.

[20:35:00] That`s Chief John Mina of the Orlando Police Department surrounded by associates. They are about to give us comments following the

capture of Markeith Loyd. Let`s listen in live as they tell us their feelings, their emotions, and what Mr. Loyd is about to face down as he

begins an odyssey more than likely towards a death penalty trial. Let`s listen in.

(START VIDEO CLIP)

JOHN MINA, CHIEF POLICE, ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT: Well, good evening, as you know, Markeith Loyd has been arrested and is in custody. We are

extremely grateful for that. So we do want to give you some details about the investigation and the arrest.

So at approximately 7:00 p.m. tonight, members from the Orlando Police Department, the Orange County Sheriff`s Office, Metropolitan Bureau of

Investigation, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the U.S. Marshals Office located Markeith Loyd at 1156 Lescot lane in Carver Shores. The

house was surrounded. A SWAT call out was initiated.

Before SWAT team arrived, Markeith did try to escape out the backsliding glass doors. He was confronted by Orlando police officers. He ran back

inside the house and then subsequently came out the front door. When Markeith Loyd came out the front door, he was wearing body armor and he had

two handguns in his possession.

One of those handguns carries a 100-round drum. So capacity for carrying 100 rounds. So when he came out the front door, he threw those two handguns

to the ground. He was taken into custody. He did resist arrest. He does have some facial injuries. And Lieutenant Debra Clayton`s handcuffs were

placed on him.

And he was transported to Orlando Police Headquarters. And he`s being treated by the Fire Department right now. And we`re awaiting to see if he

needs to go to the hospital. The injuries looked minor to me. One of the first phone calls I made was to Debra Clayton`s husband, Seth Clayton.

I told him about the arrest and he was relieved and happy, but also upset to know that he was arrested right around the corner from Debra`s mother`s

house. So at this time, I`m going to turn it over to the sheriff to talk about their investigation as well.

JERRY DEMINGS, SHERIFF, ORANCE COUNTY: Let me just start by saying that I do congratulate all of the law enforcement personnel who were involved in

the effort to bring this individual into custody. It`s somewhat bittersweet for us, obviously, especially since we just come off of the heels of

yesterday, burying one of my own that was involved in the massive manhunt and this community certainly has been emotionally impacted by the set of

events during the last week.

And so I believe that our entire community is going to breathe a sigh of relief at this point because they will sleep better knowing tonight that

I`m going to describe this individual as this maniac, if you will, is off the streets of our community. The Orange County Sheriff`s Office has and

will serve an arrest warrant tonight. Markeith D. Loyd will be charged with multiple offenses stemming from the initial incident that brought us here

today.

Of course, you all remember that incident occurred on December the 13th in which he was responsible for the death of former girlfriend and her unborn

child. As a result of that, he will be charged with two counts of first- degree murder with a firearm. He also shot her brother on that night, Ronald Stewart, who was gravely injured as a result of the firearm -- the

use of a firearm.

He will also be charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. He pointed the weapon at Sade Dixon`s younger brother, Dominique

Daniels, and her mother, Stephanie Dixon Daniels as well. And so, again, we will be charging him with two counts of first-degree homicide and one count

of attempted homicide, first-degree homicide and two counts of aggravated assault.

[20:40:00] And so to the entire Dixon family, the Stewart family, we have been in communication with them as well over time. That family has

certainly been impacted by the set of events that have occurred here in this county as well as all of the people here.

In fact, I believe that even all of America has been watching these events unfold because of the extraordinary circumstances herein which a law

enforcement officer was killed and another died in the process of bringing this individual into custody. So those are our charges at this time. Chief?

MINA: Just some follow-up. Again, I want to thank all the officers, detectives, and all the agencies that were involved. And I will tell you

that Markeith Loyd was not captured from a tip or anonymous tip. He was captured by great police work, tireless efforts. Some of the officers,

Sergeant James Parker, him and his team were there at the arrest site.

These guys and girls have been working nonstop for nine days. I`m extremely proud of them. And, I mean, they basically have been living in their

vehicle, using the bathroom in their vehicle, to try and do everything they could to bring justice for the Dixon family and for the Clayton family.

So we`re very excited. A cop killer, someone who`s also wanted for murder of Sade Dixon is off the streets. The community is safer and we can get

back to the business of continuing to keep this community safe.

But, again, very, very proud of all the agencies that were involved and, again, Orlando Police Department, Orange County Sheriff`s Office,

Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, U.S. Marshals, FBI, Homeland Security and many others I`m

probably forgetting all played a part in this and some great police work that got this cop killer off the streets. So at this time we will take some

questions.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I know it`s a tough time and I know that it`s bittersweet, like the sheriff said. You had a smile in that video when he

was being taken in. What were you feeling at that moment?

MINA: I was extremely happy that this dangerous person was off the streets and I know how hard my officers have been working and really the entire

central Florida law enforcement community has been working to get him off the street.

To bring closure to Debra Clayton`s family, to bring closure to Norman Lewis` family, you know, Sade Dixon`s family. So, you know, it was just a -

- it`s been a roller coaster of emotions throughout the entire week. Many of the officers that I spoke to tonight actually broke down in tears

because they felt that they were finally able to cry and to weep because it was over.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Chief, will you talk about the significance of using Lieutenant Clayton`s handcuffs on Markeith.

MINA: Yeah, that`s a tradition in law enforcement that goes back many, many years. And, you know, Debra Clayton risked her life for this community that

she loves so dearly, and to put her handcuffs on the bad guy that she was trying to catch when she was killed is just significant.

It`s meaningful to her family, which I did tell Seth Clayton about it. It`s meaningful to her OPD family as well. It`s something that we want to do for

the family and for the law enforcement community.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Said you tapped into his phone and found out his location because he`d been texting with someone. Can you confirm that?

MINA: We`re not going to talk about how we captured him and we don`t want to forward any future investigations. I will say that this was great police

work from the very beginning. They unturned every single stone, every single associate, every single person that has ever been in contact with

him in the past, you know, several months, that they`ve been in contact with and tracked every single lead down. But I will say it was great police

work that brought him into custody.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are more arrests pending for people that were aiding and abetting? You said this did not come from a tip, that it was old-

fashioned police work. The people that were helping him evade you all, are you expecting to make more arrests?

MINA: Absolutely. That investigation is not going to stop, either. Anyone who harbored, aided or abetted him in any way is going to be arrested, and

we know from our investigation that people did help him out and assist him. It`s also important to note the house he was found in, 1156 Lescot Lane, is

an abandoned house, but does have ties back to some of his associates from the past.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did he say anything to you while you were taking him into custody?

MINA: He made no statements about the case or anything of significance.

[20:45:00] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To attorney, if I could. Could you talk about next steps, now that this capture has been complete?

MINA: Sure.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good evening. What I can tell you at this point is it`s still an ongoing investigation. The state attorney`s office proceeds

as we do on any other cases whether cameras are on or off. We will look at this case as it`s submitted and we will pursue it. And we will look at it,

determine what charges. And we will follow up with you at this point.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Chief, we were also told that Markeith Loyd`s family and Master Sergeant Debra Clayton`s family have known each other for

decades. Is this true?

MINA: I`ve heard that rumor as well. I haven`t been able to confirm that. That`s something our homicide detectives will just track down for us so we

know for future reference, but as far as I know, there was no connection.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you know how long he was in that abandoned house?

MINA: No. We do not know how long he was in the abandoned house. We`ll be able to find that out, I think, through our investigation, but at this

point we don`t know how long he`s been in that house.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Chief, can you point.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We are going to take two more (ph) questions.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: ... explain, these were both the guns that he had on him, did he throw them? Can you explain that?

MINA: Yeah, so these are both the guns that he had on him. The gun on the bottom, that`s a Glock handgun. And that magazine is called a 100-round

drum because it can hold 100 rounds of ammunition. And it`s my understanding that he came out of the house and he did at some point throw

those guns to the ground.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Chief, talk about the strength that your officers and deputies had to have knowing that they had him in custody and he was able

to be brought in alive. Talk about the significance of that and I guess give them a pat on the back, I would say.

MINA: The agencies involved are extremely professional, have always been very professional and, you know, I knew they would be able to hold back and

restrain themselves although he did come out with body armor, guns. They`re professionals. We have the best training, the best equipment, and there was

no doubt in my mind they would use restraint necessary to take him into custody.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you talk at length about how dangerous he is, now knowing how well he was armed, talk about just how dangerous you realize

now he would have been had he not gone in somewhat peacefully?

MINA: Yeah, that was one of our concerns. We knew he had body armor. We obviously knew he had weapons and obviously not afraid to use those

weapons. Honestly, I thought this would end out in a much different situation. I`m very happy that no other officers or other citizens were

hurt during this arrest.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you believe he was in the abandoned house the entire time or do you think he`s been jumping around?

MINA: We don`t know how long he`s been in that house.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What is your feeling just knowing that he will be prosecuted now rather than dying tonight?

MINA: Well, I`m just happy he`s in custody. I think that`s the message. You know, our officers have been working so hard. We wanted to bring some sort

of closure to all three families involved in these cases. And, yeah, I`m not going to talk about my feelings about prosecution or other

circumstances. We`re just glad that he`s in custody.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He`s saying "they beat me up, they beat me up," can you go into that about the struggle?

MINA: You know, he resisted arrest. There was force used. We do an investigation into that any time we use any type of force, so it`s

premature to talk about the exact nature of the force used and circumstances surrounding it, but we`ll investigate that use of force just

like we investigate every single use of force.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can you talk to us about.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Commissioner, can I ask a question as well?

MINA: Sure.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Commissioner, can you talk about, this was your friend. You went to her wedding and celebrated with her. You got the call,

immediately rushed out to her. Talk to us about what it means as her friend, not just her commissioner.

REGINA HILL, ORLANDO COMMISSIONER: Well, family and myself being her friend, so grateful for the due diligence of law enforcement and them not

sleeping on this, as they stated. This is a multi-unit collaboration of county, city, state, national law enforcement, and I`m forever grateful for

all the hard work that they put into bringing this cold-blooded killer to justice. And alive, yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (inaudible).

HILL: No, sir.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All right.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is there going to be a perp walk?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We`re not going to talk to you about that in a few minutes.

BANFIELD: They have got to be exhausted. Thirty-five days sleeping in their cars, eating in their cars, tracking down a cop killer, in their words.

Someone who took one of their own. And apparently caught him just around the corner from Lieutenant Debra Clayton`s mom`s house.

There he is being hauled in with two black eyes. And right now, he`s being treated by the Fire Department and they`re assessing whether he needs to go

to the hospital. More on Markeith Loyd in a moment.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Markeith, do you have anything to say? Why did you do it?

LOYD: They beat me up.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Where have you been hiding?

LOYD: They beat me up.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What did you say?

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BANFIELD: Markeith Loyd being hauled into the Orlando Police Department complaining "they beat me up." That what happens when you try to evade

arrest and you try to escape. Couple of things that happened that you should know. Police officers breaking down in tears reportedly after

hearing the news that he`s been caught.

Not only that, but Lieutenant Debra Clayton`s husband has been told about the arrest of her alleged killer, and he was understandably sad because it

had happened, the arrest had happened right around the corner from her mom`s house. But elated that he`s off the streets.

I want to show you the gun, there were two of them in his hands when they caught him. Look at the bottom one. Look at that Glock and look what`s

attached to the bottom. It`s like a Tommy gun. It holds 100 rounds.

[20:55:00] Tom Fuentes, I`ve never seen anything like that.

FUENTES: Right. I can tell you, Ashleigh, that in the past, firearms instructors will laugh at those 100-round drums. They`re very unreliable.

They jam very easily. That`s why law enforcement agencies don`t use them. Really don`t use anything beyond a 30-round magazine in those weapons. Even

if they`ll take more because they are unreliable.

BANFIELD: Looks unbelievable to the average guy, I`ll tell you that. I look at that and it`s shocking. Just real quickly, Doug Burns, I got only

seconds left.

BURNS: Sure.

BANFIELD: More arrests still expected.

BURNS: Well, look, you have people who aided and abetted, assisted him in avoiding being captured. So you definitely going to see more arrests, my

opinion.

BANFIELD: Danny, this was not a tip. Nobody helped this except those officers. Nobody squawked. Nobody is getting that $125,000. Nobody helped

them. It was their gum shoe work that found that guy.

CEVALLOS: That`s exactly right. The people who aided and abetted just to build on what was just said, it doesn`t take a whole lot, it just takes a

few overt acts. And if they blew it when giving statements to police or why at any point.

BANFIELD: Yeah.

CEVALLOS: . that`s going to come back to haunt them too.

BANFIELD: Joey Jackson, apart from this "they beat me up, they beat me up," he said nothing.

JACKSON: No, he didn`t. I don`t know that they`ll need any statements from him to have a solid prosecution in this case. The march to justice begins

now.

BANFIELD: Two things to say, Markeith Loyd, done. Thank you for watching. Thank you for being here, everybody.

FUENTES: Salute to the cops.

BANFIELD: You`re right, Tom, salute to the cops. You`re damn right. Thanks, everyone. See you back here tomorrow at 8:00 for PRIMETIME JUSTICE.

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