MIMS, Fla. -- A man who deputies say led them on an early-morning chase that forced the closure of the Beachline Expressway remained hospitalized Thursday afternoon.

During a news conference, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said a woman called 911 dispatchers three times over several hours overnight to report that her ex-boyfriend was around her home, and she was terrified.

Deputies came to the house and didn't find anything at first. 

"Now he's banging on my front door, please," the woman, who had an injunction against the ex-boyfriend, is heard saying during one 911 call.

During the third call, just before 5 a.m., she frantically told dispatchers that he was banging on her windows as she hid in a closet.

"(The woman) truly believed her life was in danger," Ivey said. "She was in great fear for her safety."

Deputies again came out to the rural area of the home, on Hartman Lane in Mims, and spotted the man in a vehicle. They ordered the man to get out of the vehicle, but he refused, Ivey said.

Instead, deputies said the man tried to run over a deputy, who opened fire.

Deputies chased the man's gold vehicle from U.S. 1 to State Road 46, then onto Interstate 95 and finally onto State Road 528, also called the Beachline Expressway. 

Once they crossed over into Orange County, deputies executed a "PIT maneuver" to force the man's vehicle to stop, Ivey said.

Footage from Sky 13 showed the man's vehicle crashing into trees. 

The Beachline Expressway was closed for some time while deputies investigated. 

The man was taken into custody, and Orange County Fire Rescue treated him before he was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center in serious condition with a gunshot wound.

"Our job is to get bad people off the streets and into jail," Ivey said.

No deputies were injured, and no names have been released. The deputy involved in the shooting has been placed on paid administrative leave as part of standard procedure.

Family member: Man fearful of law enforcement

The family of the man shot by deputies told Spectrum News 13 that his name is Perry Valsaint.

They said that as an African-American man, Valsaint has a mistrust of law enforcement.

"I wasn’t there, but I think he is afraid of that they were going to kill him," said Paul Jean Louis, who said he was Valsaint's father. "... He is a black guy with a white girl. He know they were going to kill him. He was scared."

Family members said Valsaint is expected to survive.

Spectrum News 13 reporter Erin Murray contributed to this story.

Brevard County deputy chase on Beachline Expressway

A woman called 911 dispatchers 3 times overnight Wednesday from this Mims home, where she said her ex-boyfriend had turned up despite an injunction. (Greg Pallone, staff)
A woman called 911 dispatchers 3 times overnight Wednesday from this Mims home, where she said her ex-boyfriend had turned up despite an injunction. (Greg Pallone, staff)