Earlier in the day, local authorities offered a $100,000 reward for any information about the location of the suspect.
"We`ve got him! Markeith Loyd in OPD in custody. Details to come," the department said in a Twitter post on Tuesday.
Loyd is accused of shooting and killing Clayton in the parking lot of an Orlando-area Walmart store last week before hijacking a car and fleeing the scene. He is also suspected in the December shooting death of a pregnant woman, identified by media as his ex-girlfriend.
Police take in custody suspect in shooting of Florida Officer
18 January 2017
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Local authorities in the US state of Florida have captured Markeith Loyd, a suspect in the shooting death of an Orlando police officer and a pregnant woman, the Orlando Police Department (OPD) said in a statement.
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