LAKE WALES, Fla. — A man allegedly killed his girlfriend and her three children in a 'senseless' mass shooting in a Florida apartment, according to authorities.
LAKE WALES, Fla. — A man allegedly killed his girlfriend and her three children in a"senseless" mass shooting in a Florida apartment, according to authorities.
On Tuesday night, after family members called 911, officers responded to the Sunrise Apartments in Lake Wales and found a mother, her son and two daughters shot dead, police said.Al Stenson allegedly shot them in the apartment around 5 a.m. Tuesday and then fled, according to police."Completely senseless. It makes absolutely no sense," Lake Wales Police Chief Chris Velasquez said at a news conference.
When authorities tracked the 38-year-old Stenson to the Slumberland Motel in Sanford,"Stenson made statements that he would kill himself or force law enforcement to kill him," police said in a statement.He was"going" for a gun on the ground when four officers opened fire,"neutralizing the threat," authorities said at a news conference.ABC News' Robinson Perez contributed to this report.
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