This booking photo provided by the Polk County, Fla. Sheriff's Office shows, Bryan Riley, who was arrested Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in the shooting of four people in Lakeland, Fla. Riley was wearing full body armor fatally shot four people, including a mother and the 3-month-old baby she was cradling, and engaged in a massive gunfight with police and deputies before he was wounded and surrendered, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Sunday. An 11-year-old girl who was shot seven times survived. (Polk County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Florida Shooting Family Killed
Lakeland, FL (AP)-Horror in Polk County, Florida. An ex-marine in full body armor opened fire Sunday fatally shooting four people. Among those killed was a mother and the 3-month old she was holding in her arms.
A Florida sheriff says the ex-marine, Bryan Riley, engaged in a massive gunfight with police and deputies before getting wounded and surrendering.
An 11-year-old girl who was shot seven times survived.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Sunday that even after the 33-year-old Riley was arrested, he was so aggressive he tried to wrestle a gun from police as he lay on his hospital gurney.
Judd said Riley was a former Marine who seemed to have targeted his victims at random and appeared to be suffering from mental health issues.
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