(AP) -- Four people are dead including a mother who was still cradling her now-deceased baby in what Florida sheriff’s deputies are calling a massive gunbattle with a suspect they said was “ready for battle.”
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the unidentified suspect was dressed in full body armor — including a bulletproof vest — when he was found outside a Lakeland home.
After exchanging gunfire with police and sheriffs, the suspect was shot once and left the home to surrender.
Judd said during a news conference that authorities found an 11-year-old girl alive inside the home.
