A Florida man has been arrested after investigators said he opened fire on a homeless family of five who were sleeping in their car at a park in Tampa last week.
Christopher Stamat Jr., 21, is facing six felony charges following the shooting that unfolded around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday on the 2200 block of N Oregon Avenue in a parking lot across from the Martin Luther King Jr.
Recreation Complex, the Tampa Police Department said Saturday. "Our community as a whole can sleep easier tonight knowing the suspect linked to this monstrous, random act of violence is no longer free to prey on innocent people," Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor said in a written statement, thanking detectives for the swift identification of the suspect.
Stamat allegedly fired at a vehicle as a father in his 30s and a pregnant mother in her 20s were sleeping inside with their three children, ages nine, four and three.The mother was struck in the head but suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was recovering at a hospital.The father and children were unharmed.
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