4-year-old girl safe, mom dead, father arrested in Florida Amber Alert: Deputies

ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida authorities are investigating the deaths of three people in Broward County, which prompted a statewide AMBER Alert for a 4-year-old girl on Sunday morning. The 4-year-old girl was found safe and unharmed hours later, officials said.

Officials said the girl's grandfather and mother were found dead, as well as another man between two homes in Tamarac, Florida. The girl's father, Nathan Gingle, has been arrested and booked into jail under suspicion of murder, violation of a domestic violence injunction, and interference with custody.

He is being held on no bond, according to jail records.

Deputies: From shooting call to AMBER Alert to triple homicide investigation

Timeline:

Around 6 a.m. on Sunday, 911 calls reported a shooting on North Grand Duke Circle in Tamarac, Florida, which is northwest of Fort Lauderdale, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies responded and found David Pozner, the young girl's grandfather, dead on the back patio of the home, a news release said. He had been shot.

During that investigation, deputies learned that the girl had been taken from the home, likely by her dad, Nathan, which prompted an Amber Alert to be issued after 10 a.m. Less than an hour later, the Broward Sheriff's Office found Nathan and the girl in a Walmart parking lot in North Lauderdale.

Deputies were also looking for Mary Gingles, the girl's mother. She was found dead inside another home on North Plum Bay Parkway. She had also been shot, officials said. In that same home, a man named Andrew Ferrin, was also found dead. The relationship between Ferrin and the others is not immediately clear.

The sheriff's office said a gun was found in a nearby canal and is believed to be the weapon used in the alleged crimes.

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