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A mother and her three children were shot to death in their home in Lake Wales, Florida. The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Al Stenson, was later killed by police at a motel in Sanford. The victims have not been officially identified, but neighbors say the mother was an ESE teacher at Lake Wales High School. The community is in mourning and police have not yet determined a motive for the quadruple murder.
A man suspected of killing his girlfriend and her three children in Lake Wales, Florida, was killed in a shootout with police in Sanford. The suspect, Al Joseph Stenson, fled to a motel after the shooting and made statements that he would kill himself or force law enforcement to kill him. Negotiators were successful in getting Stenson's brother to come out of the hotel, but Stenson refused to surrender. After he stepped away from his gun, Stenson was shot with a foam projectile, but it had little effect on him. He immediately went for the gun on the ground, prompting members of SWAT and the Sanford police department to open fire.
The man accused of murdering a mother and her three children in Lake Wales, Florida, was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer at a motel north of Orlando after an hours-long standoff. The suspect, Al Joseph Stenson, had made statements that he was going to kill himself or force law enforcement to kill him. Neighbors say Stenson is the father of three of the people he killed. Police have an arrest warrant for Stenson on four counts of first-degree murder and are still actively investigating the case.
Al Joseph Stenson, a suspect in the quadruple murder of a woman and her three children in Lake Wales, Florida, was shot and killed by authorities after an hour-long standoff at a motel in Sanford. Stenson had barricaded himself and made statements of self-harm before the officer-involved shooting. The motive for the shootings is unknown, and police have not released the names of the deceased. The case remains active and ongoing.