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Florida Deputy Kills 3 Relatives, Including Child, Then Himself
A Florida sheriff’s deputy killed three relatives, including a child, then got on the department’s radio to say he’d hurt his family before killing himself near a high school Wednesday morning, authorities said.
The incident unfolded before school started in Plant City, a rural community east of Tampa.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said a woman and a child were killed at one home, a woman was killed at another home and the deputy shot himself outside Plant City High School in front of three other deputies who had arrived at the scene.
Chronister said during a news conference the deputy came on the department’s main radio channel to say he’d harmed his family. He also told deputies he was going to kill himself near the high school and officers were sent to the scene.
“Three other deputies located him,” said Chronister. “Came into contact with this deputy. Made every attempt possible to try to convince this deputy sheriff that there was a different way, that there was a different solution. Unfortunately, the deputy took his own life on scene in front of the other deputies.”
The deputy’s final radio transmissions made reference to emotional and financial issues, the sheriff said.
“We’re not exactly certain what that means,” Chronister said. “That will be part of the investigation.”
Names of the victims and the deputy weren’t immediately released and the incident was still under investigation.
The deputy had ties to the Sheriff’s office dating back to 1991. He retired from the office and then returned to duty as a school resource officer.
This is the second time a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy was involved in a murder-suicide. On Sept. 24, a deputy killed his wife and then himself while the couple’s four children were home.
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By: NBC Palm Springs
December 19, 2018
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