Mother, 3 children fatally shot in Florida; suspect sought

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — Police in central Florida tried early Wednesday to arrest a person suspected of fatally taking pictures a 40-year-old girl and her three youngsters, ages 21, 17 and 11.

“We all know precisely the place he’s at proper now, and we’re working to take him into custody in as protected a approach as we will,” Lake Wales Police Chief Chris Velasquez mentioned throughout a information convention exterior the residence advanced the place the victims lived, east of Tampa.

Police are working to arrest Al Stenson, 38, on 4 counts of first-degree homicide. A motive was not but identified, however Velasquez mentioned Stenson is thought to the household and should have lived on the residence. There was no fast risk to the general public.

Investigators consider the victims, whose names haven’t been launched, have been shot round 5 a.m. Tuesday. Police have been referred to as to the scene simply earlier than 9 p.m., when somebody discovered their our bodies within the residence.

“Our hearts are damaged” for the household, he mentioned.

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