>> WITH CLICK ORLANDO DOT COM. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 6 GETTING RESULTS GIVING US THE
OPPORTUNITY. WE SHOT HIM UP A
LOT. IS HE WAS A COWARD.
>> NOW IT’S 6.30, POLK COUNTY
SHERIFF IS FIRED UP OVER A
MASS MURDERER. 4 PEOPLE SHOT
TO DEATH, INCLUDING AN INFANT
WHO WAS BEING HELD IN HIS
MOTHER’S ARMS. THE SHERIFF
SAYS A STRANGER HAS BEEN
ARRESTED FOR THE SHOOTINGS WHO
GAVE HIMSELF UP WHEN
CONFRONTED.
>> SEE, IT’S EASY TO SHOOT
INNOCENT CHILDREN AND BABIES
AND PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT WHEN YOU’VE GOT THE
GUN AND THEY DON’T.
>> I’M ERIK VON ANCKEN. GLAD
YOU’RE WITH US TONIGHT. THIS
IS A HELPER, HORRIFIC STORY IN
OUR AREA THAT’S ALREADY MAKING
HEADLINES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THE SHERIFF THERE, GRADY JUDD,
YOU JUST SAW SAYS THE MAN THEY
ARRESTED FIRST FIRED SHOTS AT
THEM AND FIRED DOZENS IF NOT
HUNDREDS OF SHOTS OVERALL,
THIS ALL STARTED AROUND 7.30,
LAST NIGHT.
>> WHEN A MAN AND A SUSPICIOUS
CAR STOPPED OUTSIDE THE HOME
OR NORTH. SO COME LOOP NEAR
LAKE GIBSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THIS IS IN THE LAKELAND AREA.
THAT’S ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KISSIMMEE THEM
AND SAID SOMETHING TO A WOMAN
LIVING THERE AND DROVE OFF.
DEPUTIES SAY THAT MAN, BRIAN
RILEY CAME BACK AROUND 4.30
THIS MORNING, KILLING PEOPLE
INTO HOMES. NEWS SIX’S BRIAN
DIDLAKE IS FOLLOWING THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOR US.
BRIAN, AN 11 YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS
ALSO SHOT. YES, THAT’S
CORRECT. AREA VERY
UNFORTUNATE. AND
>> AT THIS TIME, LAKELAND PD.
POLICE SAY THAT THIS WHOLE
ORDEAL WAS A VERY HARD THING
TO GET THEIR HEADS WRAPPED
AROUND AS THEY SAY THAT
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TAKEN
SOME TIME TO GET THIS
TOGETHER.
>> I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
UNSEE. THAT MOTHER. WITH THAT.
THE CEASED AND FUN.
>> HER ARMS, POLK COUNTY
SHERIFF GRADY JUDD DESCRIBING
THE SCENE LAKELAND AFTER 3
PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD,
INCLUDING A MOTHER, HER 3
MONTH-OLD INFANT IN THAT
INFANT’S GRANDMOTHER. AN 11
YEAR-OLD GIRL IS ALSO IN THE
HOSPITAL AFTER DEPUTIES FOUND
HER WITH 7 GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
ACCORDING TO POLK COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. TO BRIAN
RILEY IS THE MAN RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE SHOOTING.
>> WE JUST KNOW WE HAD A
MADMAN. WITH A LOT OF GUNS.
THAT SHOT AND KILLED INNOCENT
PEOPLE.
>> AND DEPUTIES SAY THIS ALL
STARTED AS A SUSPICIOUS
VEHICLE CALL SATURDAY EVENING.
IT WASN’T UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING WHEN ONE SAYS HE
HEARD.
>> AND HE’S HEARS TO BURST OF
WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE
AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE.
>> DEPUTIES RUSHED TO THE
FIRST KNOWING WHERE TO GO. SO
THEY FOUND A LAKELAND HOME
WITH THE RILEY’S CAR ON FIRE
AND GLOW STICKS AROUND THE
AREA. OFFICIALS SAY RALEIGH
WEARING CAMOUFLAGE HIM, BODY
ARMOR WAS WENT TO AMBUSH IN,
EXCHANGED GUNFIRE WITH
DEPUTIES UNTIL HE RAN BACK
INTO THE HOME. WE HEARD
ANOTHER VOLLEY OF SHOTS.
THAT’S WHEN WE HEARD THE WOMAN
SCREAM AND THE BABY.
>> AND WANT AND THEN WE TRIED
TO ENTER AND THAT’S WHEN WE
HAD TO THE ONE OF OUR VOLLEYS
OF GUNFIGHTS WITH HIM AND
APPARENTLY SHOT HIM ON THAT
PARTICULAR OCCASION. A RALEIGH
THEN GAVE HIMSELF UP. BUT
ACCORDING TO SHERIFF JUD, A
RALEIGH ONLY SUFFERED MINOR
INJURIES DUE TO HIM WEARING
BODY ARMOR.
>> DURING INTERROGATION, HE
HAD ONLY THIS TO SAY TO YOU
JUST EXPLAIN THAT THEY BEGGED
FOR THEIR LIFE. AND THAT HE
SHOT AND KILLED HIM ANYWAY.
RALEIGH IS A DECORATED VETERAN
SERVING IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN. HIS GIRLFRIEND
SAYS HE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF
AGGRESSION BUT CLAIMS HE
SUFFERED FROM PTSD. BUT CERDA
SAYS THAT’S NO EXCUSE. IT’S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSCORE JUST
BECAUSE YOU HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS DOES NOT MEAN YOU’RE
NOT CRIMINALLY LIABLE. HE’S
CRIMINALLY LIABLE.
>> HE PLAYED WAR GAMES WITHOUT
STAY ON THE TO TRY TO SET A
DEFENSE THAT DOESN’T WORK.
>> NOW INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE
IS ANOTHER VICTIM, JUSTICE
GLEASON WHO WAS MOWING HIS
LAWN NEARBY BEFORE BEING
KILLED BY RILEY. THIS WHOLE
ORDEAL IS COMPLICATED AND
OFFICIALS SAY EVERYTHING MAY
BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WE HAVE
A FULL BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED SO FAR TO OUR WEBSITE
AND MOBILE APP. BUT FOR NOW,