LAKE WALES, Fla. – A man wanted after four people were killed inside a Lake Wales apartment has died following a police standoff in Sanford.
Update at 11:15:
Police in Lake Wales have confirmed the death of a man wanted after the deaths of a mother and her three children.
Al Stenson, 38, of Lake Wales died after an officer-involved shooting at a Sanford motel, police said.
Channel 9 has a team working to gather more details and will provide updates on Eyewitness News.
7:30 am Update:
Police have released updated information on the four deaths and the search for 38-year-old Al Stenson.
Lake Wales Police said:
Officers have located Stenson and are actively working to arrest him. Detectives have obtained an arrest warrant charging Stenson with four counts of first-degree murder. Stenson murdered the woman and her three children around 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. Stenson shot the victims and then left his apartment. family members discovered the bodies Tuesday night and called police at 8:51 p.m. Among the victims are two adults and two minors. The police still do not know the reason for the murders. The suspect knew that the victims.
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Original story:
Four people were killed in an apparent shooting incident Tuesday night in Lake Wales, police said.
Just before 9 p.m., officers with the Lake Wales Police Department responded to a medical call along Dawnlight Drive at Sunrise Park Apartments.
At the scene, they discovered three adults and a child dead inside an apartment.
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Investigators determined the bodies were those of a woman and her three children, two of whom were adults.
Police said they were looking for Al Stenson, 38, of Lake Wales.
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They added that Stenson may be injured and may live in the apartment where the family members were discovered.
Investigators are asking anyone with information on Stenson’s whereabouts to contact the Lake Wales Police Department at 863-678-4223.
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