World News | Mother, 3 Children Fatally Shot in Florida; Suspect Sought

Lake Wales (US), May 3 (AP) Police in central Florida tried early Wednesday to arrest a man suspected of fatally shooting a 40-year-old woman and her three children, aged 21, 17 and 11.

“We know exactly where he's at right now, and we're working to take him into custody in as safe a way as we can,” Lake Wales Police Chief Chris Velasquez said during a news conference outside the apartment complex where the victims lived, east of Tampa.

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Police are working to arrest Al Stenson, 38, on four counts of first-degree murder.

A motive was not yet known, but Velasquez said Stenson is known to the family and may have lived at the apartment. There was no immediate threat to the public.

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Investigators believe the victims, whose names have not been released, were shot around 5 a.m. Tuesday. Police were called to the scene just before 9 p.m., when someone found their bodies in the apartment.

“Our hearts are broken” for the family, he said. (AP)

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