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Cops: Man shoots woman, makes her ride from West Palm Beach to Lake Park and then Riviera Beach

Posted at 11:29 AM, Oct 25, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-26 10:14:25-04

One person is in custody following a shooting in Riviera Beach Wednesday morning, according to police.

Police now say the incident began in West Palm Beach after a man shot a woman along the 700 block of 56th Street and forced her to ride with him to Lake Park and eventually Riviera Beach where the vehicle crashed near Avenue F and 24th Street.

He left the scene and she was transported to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The suspect forced his way into a house in the 100 block of West 25th Street but was eventually taken into custody, police said.

Thursday morning police identified the suspect as 28-year-old Emmanuel McIntosh. He's charged with burglary with a firearm, two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, resisting without violence, two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of resisting arrest with violence.

Investigators ask anyone with information to call Riviera Beach police at 561.845.4123 or Palm Beach County Crime Stoppers at 800.458.TIPS.