Police kill suspect in murders of mother and 3 children in Florida

Joseph Stenson, 38, a suspect in the murder of a mother and her three children in an apartment in Lake Walescity in the center of Florida (USA), was fatally killed this Wednesday in an exchange of shots with the Police.

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The authorities reported that stenson died in a shootout with police after taking refuge in a hotel in Sanforda town in central Florida where he fled after the murders of which he was suspected.

Agents of Sanford Police Department and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office attempted to detain stensonbut after hours of unsuccessful negotiation it was necessary to call in a team of special forces who fatally shot him.

stensonwho during the negotiation would have said that he would commit suicide or force the Police to kill him, opened fire and died in the exchange of shots.

The Police Chief of Lake WalesChris Velásquez, had reported that they knew exactly where Stenson was hiding and that they were working “to stop him in the safest way possible.”

Police authorities believe that stenson could have been the perpetrator of the death of the family, an event that occurred late on Tuesday night.

The information previously provided by the Police stated that stenson he was wanted for his involvement in the case, since it is believed that he lived in the apartment and that he could have been injured.

The Police initially reported that his relationship with the four fatalities was unknown and he was not directly identified as a suspect in the crime.

The new information indicates that the mother was 40 years old and her children 21, 17 and 11 years old.

Lake Wales is a city of about 17,000 people in central Florida, about 88 kilometers east of Tampa.

Source: Elcomercio

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