Florida: 6 children, 2 adults dead in Gilchrist shootings
A man killed six of his grandchildren, his daughter and himself in a small town in north Florida.
BELL (AP) - A sheriff says a man killed six of his grandchildren, his adult daughter and himself in a small town in north Florida.
Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz at a news conference identified the man as 51-year-old Don Spirit. He says the children ranged in age from 3 months to 10 years old.
Schultz says a deputy who arrived on a report of a shooting Thursday made contact with Spirit who later committed suicide.
A photo on the Gainesville Sun s website shows several police vehicles on a rural road. A sheriff s deputy was keeping people away behind police tape.
Bell is small town of just 350 people about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Gainesville.
