TAMPA, Fla. - While authorities were searching for Majar Jones, who was described as "armed and dangerous," the 43-year-old, wanted for multiple carjackings across central Florida, checked himself into a mental health facility under a fake name.
Investigators were able to find him anyway.
Deputies say Jones carjacked a vehicle from Orange County Wednesday morning and abandoned it on Interstate 4 about an hour later. A fingerprint from that vehicle and the victim were able to help deputies identify Jones as the suspect.
After ditching the Cadillac deputies say he carjacked in Orlando, Jones then stole a green 2002 Ford F-150, with a Florida tag 9379T9 with a trailer attached, from a nearby construction site. The owner, Jorge Ballin, hopped into another truck and followed Jones to a nearby gas station at Marshall Drive and Thonotosassa Road, just off Interstate 4.
Ballin and Jones then had a confrontation at the gas station.
Ballin tried to drive away, and Jones fired three shots at his vehicle, deputies said.
"I pulled right in front of him and he pulled out a gun and started shooting," Ballin told reporters.
Deputies say Jones drove away in Ballin's green Ford F-150 pick-up truck, then abandoned the trailer nearby.
Authorities have not found the Ford F-150.
