A hostage situation in Edgewater ended with three people dead Monday night. Police are calling it a double murder-suicide. It happened in the area of Ridgewood and East Knapp Avenue. A suspect walked into a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, shot a man and took a woman hostage, according to Edgewater police. The rest of the people at the meeting, about 20, escaped. Edgewater police spent hours trying to talk the suspect out of the building, but the SWAT team finally had to break through the door to get in and find the victims. When they breached the door, they found the original victim, the woman, and the shooter all dead. The victims were identified as 59-year-old Ian Greenfield and 33-year-old Erica Hoffman. The accused shooter was 49-year-old Quinton Hunter, who went by the nickname “Rags.” Police say the incident stemmed from a love triangle. Hunter was the ex-boyfriend of Hoffman, who was in a new relationship with Greenfield. Police say Hunter went on Facebook live while inside the building at the Narcotics Anonymous meeting after he shot Greenfield but before he shot Hoffman. In the video, he’s just staring at the camera and breathing strangely, police say. Police say Hunter has an extensive criminal history. If you or someone you know is struggling, there are resources available: Harbor House of Central Florida 24-hour confidential crisis hotline: (407) 886-2856 Victim Service Center of Central Florida 24/7 helpline : (407)-500-HEALNational Domestic Violence Hotline 24/7 and in English and Spanish: 1-800-799-7233United Way of Central Florida 2-1-1 services: Call or text 211 for confidential domestic abuse support, and other services. If you or someone you know may be contemplating suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741741 to reach the Crisis Text Line.
A hostage situation in Edgewater ended with three people dead Monday night.
Police are calling it a double murder-suicide. It happened in the area of Ridgewood and East Knapp Avenue.
A suspect walked into a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, shot a man and took a woman hostage, according to Edgewater police. The rest of the people at the meeting, about 20, escaped.
Edgewater police spent hours trying to talk the suspect out of the building, but the SWAT team finally had to break through the door to get in and find the victims.
When they breached the door, they found the original victim, the woman, and the shooter all dead.
The victims were identified as 59-year-old Ian Greenfield and 33-year-old Erica Hoffman. The accused shooter was 49-year-old Quinton Hunter, who went by the nickname “Rags.”
Police say the incident stemmed from a love triangle. Hunter was the ex-boyfriend of Hoffman, who was in a new relationship with Greenfield.
Police say Hunter went on Facebook live while inside the building at the Narcotics Anonymous meeting after he shot Greenfield but before he shot Hoffman. In the video, he’s just staring at the camera and breathing strangely, police say.
Police say Hunter has an extensive criminal history.
If you or someone you know is struggling, there are resources available:
Harbor House of Central Florida 24-hour confidential crisis hotline: (407) 886-2856
Victim Service Center of Central Florida 24/7 helpline: (407)-500-HEAL
National Domestic Violence Hotline 24/7 and in English and Spanish: 1-800-799-7233
United Way of Central Florida 2-1-1 services: Call or text 211 for confidential domestic abuse support, and other services.
If you or someone you know may be contemplating suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741741 to reach the Crisis Text Line.
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