Four people, including a child, were killed early Sunday morning in Orlando, Florida, in a domestic violence incident, according to police.
Chief Eric Smith of the Orlando Police Department told reporters that officers arrived at the residence at 614 Grand St. just before 2:30 a.m., approximately three minutes after receiving a call reporting domestic violence at the address.
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Smith and other details provided by Orlando police indicate that shortly after arriving, officers heard gunfire coming from inside the house, prompting additional officers’ dispatch.
Police say 28-year-old Lacorvis Tamar Daley emerged from the residence and fired at the officers, who returned fire. Police said Daley died in a hospital.
Inside the residence, police discovered two adults and a child who had been shot to death.
Smith told reporters that officers transported the child to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The identities of the three victims found in the residence had not been made public as of Sunday afternoon.
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Mayor of Orlando Buddy Dyer tweeted that the incident was “horrific and tragic.” Sending support to the victims’ families as well as the officers, who were thankfully uninjured.
The two officers involved in the incident will be placed on paid administrative leave, and their body camera footage will be made available to the public within 30 days, according to police policy.
The police department will conduct an internal investigation, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and State Attorney’s Office will conduct independent reviews, “as with all officer-involved shootings,” Orlando police said.
Andrea Otero, the police department’s public information manager, said that police are still looking into whether the suspect has a criminal history and that they are also trying to determine whether or not they have ever received calls about domestic violence at the residence.
The most recent domestic and sexual violence report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that domestic violence affects nearly half of the population in the United States, with one in two women reporting experiencing physical or sexual abuse or stalking by an intimate partner at some point in their lives. In agreement are about 44% of men.
