A man from the
Florida area in US has been arrested for a shooting that left his girlfriend
dead and five others injured, including a teenage girl waiting for the school
bus.
Allen Cashe,
31, shot his girlfriend, a single mother, on Monday following a dispute at her
home shortly after 6 am. The verbal argument escalated to a physical fight and
the police were called in to intervene. A few hours before the shooting, a
Sanford police officer had to separate the couple as they were fighting at a gas
station but that was not the end of their fight.
Less than an
hour later, police received another call about the couple quarreling. An
officer got there and gathered that they were arguing over personal
possessions.
The officer
also learned that Cashe had a gun but the officer did not see one so he simply
separated them and asked Cashe to go home. Not long after the officer left,
Cashe allegedly opened fire on his girlfriend's residence, killing her and
injuring her two sons and her father.
Her sons and
their grandfather are in a critical condition in hospital. Cashe ran away after
shooting and as he did he shot randomly, hitting two people - a man and a high
school-aged female.
A Sanford
police officer who was close by heard the second shooting and spotted Cashe's
car. He followed Cashe's car to a nearby apartment complex, where he arrested
him. Police said they found a gun in his vehicle.
Formal charges
have not been filed against Cashe. However, authorities will likely lodge
“multiple” criminal counts against him before he is arraigned, a Sanford police
spokeswoman said.
The boyfriend
remains behind bars without bail.
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