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A “disturbed” man deliberately drove into a father and his young sons on a family bike ride in Florida, killing the man, police said.

Mikese Morse, 30, fled the scene after the Sunday afternoon collision on New Tampa Boulevard near Wood Sage Drive in Tampa. He was arrested later on charges of premeditated first-degree murder and leaving the scene of a crash with death, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

“This was not someone who just veered off the road and was distracted driving,” Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan told reporters early Monday, according to the newspaper. “This was purposefully done.”

Dugan said a maroon Dodge Avenger driven by Morse — a former long jumper who was a three-time US Olympic Trial qualifier and two-time finalist in 2008 and 2016 — plowed into the family as they rode on an off-road bike path. The collision killed Pedro Aguerreberry, 42, and seriously injured his 3-year-old son, Bennett. Aguerreberry’s 8-year-old son, Lucas, was also hurt. Both were expected to recover.

“There was an easement of probably 8 to 10 feet between the roadway and the actual bike path,” Dugan said, adding that Morse crossed a lane of oncoming traffic to reach the bike path.

Morse was arrested later Sunday at his parents’ home in New Tampa. Investigators are still trying to figure out what prompted Morse to drive into the family, Dugan said.

“They were doing everything right,” Dugan told reporters. “They had bicycle helmets on.”

Morse later admitted to purposefully crashing into the family, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by WTVT.

“He appears to be someone who is disturbed and investigators are still piecing that together,” Dugan said.

Morse walked into a police station June 12 and “exhibited odd behavior,” Dugan said. He was taken into custody under the state’s Baker Act for a mental health evaluation.

“I have to be careful of what I say as the investigation unfolds, but what type of person would purposefully run over a family that was just bicycling down a bike path?” Dugan asked reporters.

Dugan said police found troubling content on Morse’s social media accounts, including some that were posted after the fatal crash, Dugan said.

“I think the people in his social network need to alert authorities,” the chief said. “I’m sure somebody saw them.”

A review of Morse’s Instagram account revealed recent references to the devil.

“Sorry world at the end of the day I don’t be knowing how best to destroy the devil because at times her tricks and games are clever, so then I feel like I have to protect myself from y’all out of self defense,” Morse posted on Sunday. “It’s always because the devil is against me!”

It doesn’t appear that Morse had any prior contact with Aguerreberry or his children, Dugan said.

“This is definitely random and it was purposely done,” he said. “We don’t know why.”

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