The suspect is accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend and her three children at a home in Lake Wales. Investigators eventually found him 80 miles away in Sanford. But after hours of negotiations, he was shot and killed by law enforcement.
Once local cops had figured out the wanted man was in Sanford, they worked to negotiate, hoping for a peaceful conclusion, despite a declaration from the suspect earlier on.
“Made the comment that this would end one of three ways: ‘I’m going to kill myself. You’re going to kill me. Or I’m going to surrender,’” Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said.
Lemma said cops and deputies worked hard to make it option three, a peaceful conclusion. They had even coaxed him out of the motel room and he laid down a gun.
“At this point, we don’t know if he actually picked up the firearm and put it in his hand, but he was going for the gun and that’s when three SWAT team members and one member of a specialized Sanford Police unit opened fire, neutralizing the threat and the suspect is now deceased,” Lemma said.
“I just heard rapid gunfire. I stepped back so I wouldn’t be in the line of fire,” George Simmonite said.
Simmonite couldn’t get to his job because of what was happening next door.
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