Deputies: Husband fatally shot wife, injures her 3-year-old daughter at Orange County apartment
Murder suspect shoots self inside retail store
A murder suspect is in critical condition after deputies say he tried to take his own life inside a Central Florida retail store. The man is accused in a shooting that killed a woman and critically injured a 3 year old girl at an Orange County apartment complex late Sunday night.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - The Orange County Sheriff's Office says it was the woman's husband who fatally shot her and then shot her 3-year-old daughter leaving the little girl in critical condition late Sunday night.
The man, identified as 37-year-old Toffara Snow, then shot himself inside a Central Florida retail store. Snow is in critical condition.
Deputies say he shot himself after they approached him inside this Big Lots on Monday night just before 8 p.m. Investigators say Snow shot his wife and her 3-year old daughter at the Wellesley apartment complex a half mile away.
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The woman, 37-year-old Capucine Carson, died. Deputies say the child is in the hospital in critical condition.
Snow is charged with First Degree Murder with a Firearm and Attempted First Degree Murder with a Firearm.
"As for the relationship between Snow and the victims, Snow and Carson were husband and wife, but he is not the father of the 3-year-old girl. The child is still hospitalized," deputies said Tuesday.
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FOX 35 News talked to neighbors who say they heard the gunshots.
"At like 11 o’clock, I went to the trash can and heard pop pop pop pop like four times."
The investigation is ongoing. This is a developing story.