Two men attempt to carjack a defenseless woman in Florida and face the consequences! – Story Of The Day!

The humid air of Clearwater, Florida, hung heavy over a Bank of America parking lot on a Tuesday evening that was destined to spiral from a routine business transaction into a scene of chaotic violence. Louise Ornduff and her son, Kalaeb, had arrived at the location under the impression that they were meeting a pair of interested buyers for a Nissan Rogue. In the digital age, such meetups are common, often brokered through social media marketplaces where strangers haggle over prices before meeting in public, well-lit spaces to finalize the deal. Louise had chosen the bank parking lot specifically for its perceived safety, but the two individuals waiting for them had no intention of purchasing a vehicle.

The “buyers” were eighteen-year-old Lasupta Singletary and seventeen-year-old Jernalen Dreshaw Coleman. Despite their youth, both had already established criminal histories that suggested a comfort with transgression. As the Ornduffs arrived and the conversation regarding the Nissan began, the facade of a civil transaction evaporated instantly. In a flash, the two teenagers produced firearms, shifting the dynamic from a negotiation to an armed robbery. They demanded the keys to the vehicle Kalaeb was driving, using the threat of lethal force to cow the mother and son into submission.

In the high-adrenaline vacuum of a carjacking, victims are often left paralyzed by the suddenness of the threat. The suspects successfully took the keys, seized the vehicle, and began to flee the scene. However, what Singletary and Coleman had failed to account for was that Louise Ornduff was not as defenseless as she appeared. As the stolen car began to pull away, Louise drew her own weapon. Amidst the screech of tires and the frantic pulse of a mother protecting her family, she fired a single, calculated shot.

The bullet shattered the glass and found its mark, striking Lasupta Singletary. Realizing his partner was gravely wounded, the seventeen-year-old Coleman took the wheel and raced toward a nearby hospital. The arrival at the emergency room was frantic, but medical intervention came too late. Doctors pronounced Singletary dead shortly after he was brought in, turning a botched robbery into a fatal tragedy for one family and a legal nightmare for another.

The aftermath of the shooting triggered a complex and meticulous investigation by the Clearwater Police Department. In Florida, the “Stand Your Ground” and self-defense laws provide a framework for citizens to use force, but the application of these laws is rarely simple. Detectives and forensic experts descended on the Bank of America parking lot, focusing their scrutiny on the physics of the encounter: the timing of the shot, the distance the vehicle had traveled, and the specific threat level present at the moment Louise pulled the trigger.

Legal experts and criminal defense attorneys noted that the crux of the case would rely on whether the threat was “imminent” or if the suspects were considered “fleeing felons” at the time of the shooting. Under Florida law, the use of deadly force is generally scrutinized based on whether a reasonable person would believe such force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. The surveillance footage from the bank became the silent, objective witness in a case where every second and every foot of distance mattered.