Sheriff: 3 Women Dead, Suspect Shoots Himself After Thursday Night Shooting at Hilliard House

5-year-old escapes home where Florida man shot, killed 3 women, sheriff says

A 5-year-old girl escaped a North Florida home where deputies found three women shot dead and a suspect who had shot himself, but was still alive, according to Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper. Deputies responded to a residence in Hilliard, a small town northwest of Jacksonville, around 8 p.m. Thursday, but got no response from anyone inside and found multiple shooting victims upon entering, Leeper said. “As the door was opened, they observed a…

Sheriff: 3 women dead, suspect shoots himself after Thursday night shooting at Hilliard house

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said a five-year-old child ran to a neighbor after the shooting, who then called police.

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Hilliard gunman kills 3 but spares 5-year-old girl

Nassau County deputies discovered a grisly scene Thursday night at a home in Hilliard, after a blood-splattered little girl went to neighbors to report a shooting. What they found was three women dead and a man dying next to an assault-style rifle in the home on West 12th Avenue. The gunmen, Christopher Bobby Rowell, 34, and three women were related, but Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper did not say how. He also did not identify the women as the…