Sleeping 6-year-old and mother shot in head throughout Florida dwelling invasion, cops say

A mother and her 6-year-old daughter have been shot within the head as they slept throughout a house invasion, a Florida sheriff mentioned.

4 suspects invaded the home in Land O’Lakes simply earlier than 5 a.m. on March 3, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco mentioned throughout a information convention.

Nocco mentioned a person who lives within the dwelling had been in an “altercation” with the suspects at an “grownup institution” in Tampa a couple of week earlier. The person and the suspects have been then concerned in a street rage incident, he mentioned.

The sheriff’s workplace didn’t reply to questions from McClatchy Information about what sort of institution it was or the character of the altercation.

At round 4:40 a.m. on March 3, the person’s 60-year-old father arrived on the home and located the 4 suspects exterior, Nocco mentioned. They received right into a confrontation and the suspects shot the daddy within the head within the driveway, Nocco mentioned.

The suspects then went into the home and began “screaming,” on the lookout for the person that they had been within the altercation with in Tampa, Nocco mentioned. He was not dwelling on the time.

The suspects went into the house’s main bedroom and shot the person’s girlfriend and her 6-year-old daughter within the head as they slept in mattress, Nocco mentioned.

All three of the victims survived however have been in crucial situation after the focused assault, he mentioned.

No arrests have been made, in accordance with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Land O’Lakes is about 20 miles north of Tampa.

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