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Mother, 3 children fatally shot in Florida; suspect sought

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — Police are looking for a man suspected of killing a 40-year-old woman and her three children ages 21, 17 and 11 in their central Florida home. Lake Wales Police Chief Chris Velasquez said early Wednesday that officers were attempting early Wednesday to take 38-year-old Al Stenson into custody on four counts of first-degree murder. Investigators believe the victims were shot early Tuesday. Police were called that night, when someone found their bodies in the apartment. He says that a motive is not yet known but that Stenson was known to the victims.

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