PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – The Pinellas County Use of Deadly Force Investigative Task Force has released a compilation of video footage related to an incident on April 1, 2025, that began with a traffic stop and escalated into a deputy-involved shooting.
The Task Force emphasizes that the investigation into the incident is ongoing, but the release of the video excerpts is intended to provide transparency.
The video compilation shows a timeline of events leading up to the shots fired.
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Summary of the April 1st Incident:
- At 1:29 a.m., a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a red Toyota hatchback at 113th Street North and Park Blvd for a red light violation.
- The driver, identified as Marina DeFilippo (DOB 8-8-59), briefly spoke with the deputy but then drove away, eventually turning onto Gulf Blvd.
- Indian Shores Police initiated a felony traffic stop on Gulf Blvd at 177th Avenue West and reported seeing DeFilippo with a gun in her hand. She ignored commands to stop, made a U-turn, and headed northbound on Gulf Blvd.
- Near 20254 Gulf Blvd, PCSO deputies used their MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle to perform a PIT maneuver, spinning the Toyota around.
- DeFilippo continued driving toward a deputy standing behind his open patrol car door, prompting several deputies to fire their weapons.
- The Toyota then collided with the open patrol car door, injuring the deputy, and continued driving before crashing head-on into another patrol car, finally coming to a stop.
- DeFilippo sustained three non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and was transported to the hospital.
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