A Florida man with a violent past killed one woman, injured two others and opened fire on responding police officers after trying to romance his teenage daughter, authorities said Wednesday. be done.
fox 13 Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercow and Hillsborough State's Attorney Susie Lopez announced the arrest of 42-year-old Michael Banks during a joint press conference Wednesday.
According to Bercow and Lopez, officers responded to a report of shots fired at a home on 23rd Street in Tampa and upon arrival found a woman and a young woman running out of the home screaming for help. He said he came.
Banks then allegedly began firing at the responding officers, who also returned fire at the suspect.
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Michael Banks is accused of fatally shooting a woman, wounding two others, and firing at police. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office)
No one was injured in the fire, and Banks was taken into custody.
“This is yet another stark reminder of the dangers of this profession,” Bercow said at a press conference. “Our law enforcement officers bravely faced danger, thwarted a threat, and prevented someone else from becoming a victim.”
After Banks was arrested, officers entered the home and found the woman dead.
On Thursday, prosecutors said they believed they knew why Mr. Banks became violently angry on Wednesday, saying he separated from her mother after learning that Mr. Banks was “pursuing a romantic relationship with his daughter.” said she heard a woman discussing having Mr. Banks removed from her home. The station reported.
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FILE – Police in Tampa, Fla., were dispatched to a report of shots fired at a residence on 23rd Street. (St. Petersburg)
Prosecutors say Banks was angry and felt betrayed, so he grabbed a loaded handgun and shot and killed an unidentified woman in her home.
Police said Banks fired a shot at her mother, grazing her in the head, then chased her 17-year-old daughter as she took a shower.
Prosecutors allege Banks fired the gun through the bathroom door, hitting the girl in the leg.
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When police arrived, she and her mother ran out of the house screaming for help.
Prosecutors added that during questioning, Banks admitted to writing love letters to his daughter, urging her to “enter into a relationship with him and not date anyone else.”
The suspect is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon.
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Mr. Banks was convicted of aggravated assault in 2007 for punching a pregnant woman and was held without bail.
