USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
World
Home / World / Americas

7 killed in Florida shooting spree

Xinhua | Updated: 2013-07-29 09:57

WASHINGTON - A gunman killed six people before he was shot dead by the police in an apartment building in Miami, Florida, police said on Saturday.

7 killed in Florida shooting spree

Police hold a news conference outside an apartment building after a shooting incident which began Friday evening left seven people dead in Hialeah, Florida, July 27, 2013. A tenant went on a shooting rampage at a Florida apartment building, killing six people before a SWAT team killed him and rescued two neighbors he was holding hostage on Saturday, police said. The hostages were unharmed, police in the Miami suburb of Hialeah said. [Photo/Agencies]

Pedro Vargas, 42, set his home on the fourth floor on fire at 6:30 pm local time (2230 GMT) Friday in Hialeah, a suburb northwest of downtown Miami, local police spokesman Carl Zogby said.

The suspect, who lived with his mother in the five-story building, gunned down a 79-year-old building manager and his 69-year-old wife at the door of his apartment when they arrived to check it out after seeing the smoke, said the spokesman. Vargas then fired gunshots into the street from his apartment's window, killing a 33-year-old man, who was parking his car.

Vargas, who reportedly moved into the building recently, also fired randomly from inside the building after killing a couple in their 50s and their teenage daughter at a third-floor apartment.

In a standoff that lasted hours, Vargas forced his way into a fifth-story unit and held two people captive before he was killed in an exchange of fire with the police.

The motives behind the crime remained unknown as an investigation was underway.

Previous 1 2 3 Next

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US