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2 killed, 1 unlikely to survive in Florida after man allegedly goes on rampage with baseball bat and knife
Fox News ^ | October 2, 2021 | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 10/02/2021 6:57:01 PM PDT by Trillian

Two people have died and a third is not expected to survive in Florida after authorities in Florida say a man went on a rampage with a baseball bat and a knife.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a press conference that the suspect, 39-year-old Shaun Runyon, was in Polk County, Florida, with a Pennsylvania electric company doing work for Publix Supermarkets’ when a dispute at work prompted him to return to his company-rented housing and attack several people.

Police say Runyon punched a supervisor at work around 2 A.M. on Friday and fled. He was not seen or heard from until Saturday morning around 9:45 when police received a report of a murder in Davenport, Florida, in a neighborhood where Runyon and his co-workers were being housed by their employer.

According to police, the 39-year-old beat one victim to death with a baseball bat while the victim was asleep in bed, and a second victim was found dead on the front porch. A third victim was badly beaten and is in a hospital in "extremely critical condition." A fourth victim was hit in the neck with a bat by Runyon but escaped. Three more victims, including a 7-year-old girl, escaped without being harmed.

After the attack, Runyon fled and knocked on the door of a home in Lake Wales, Florida, covered in blood and telling homeowners he had been raped. He then shed his bloody clothes and went to a hospital at the suggestion of the homeowners. He was taken into custody by police at the hospital.

Runyon has confessed to knowing the victims but police do not know a motive yet.

"We had no idea what outraged him so bad that more than 24 hours later that he would come back and make an attempt to kill

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To: Trillian

Baseball bat registration and control NOW. De-bat and ban all baseball teams as they are spreading bat violence from grade school to universities. No more bats, especially since baseball bats may also be a source of the Wuhan virus!


21 posted on 10/02/2021 7:26:59 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Trillian

Why doesn’t the article specify if he was vaccinated?


22 posted on 10/02/2021 7:27:57 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Trillian

I’m pretty sure this guy exhibited a lot of warning signs before this happened.


23 posted on 10/02/2021 7:31:45 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It’s the florida water. He hadn’t developed a tolerance yet. Very sad.


24 posted on 10/02/2021 7:35:10 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

must be the Estrogen moving south in the rivers.


25 posted on 10/02/2021 7:35:28 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: Smellin Salt
The article ends with this:
Judd added that Runyon had a previous criminal history in Pennsylvania that includes a violent arrest related to strangulation.

I looked it up and the only thing that comes up is the current story I posted.
26 posted on 10/02/2021 7:39:17 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian

Used to live in Davenport, Florida. What a wonky den of inequity...


27 posted on 10/02/2021 7:40:34 PM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Trillian

In any truly civilized country this murderer would immediately be tried, convicted, sentenced to death and publicly hanged all within a week or two of his apprehension. No consideration of “motive” and no consideration of mental illness would be permitted at trial. And neither the verdict nor the sentence would be subject to appeal.


28 posted on 10/02/2021 7:40:38 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: Bikkuri

29 posted on 10/02/2021 7:42:08 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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To: Trillian
Runyon was previously charged with theft by unlawful taking, theft of lost property, receiving stolen property, DUI and careless driving, according to the sheriff’s office and court records.
I saw some more here.
30 posted on 10/02/2021 7:42:40 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian

SPJNK.


31 posted on 10/02/2021 7:43:35 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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32 posted on 10/02/2021 7:56:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Trillian

3 2 1... until libs call for more bat control!


33 posted on 10/02/2021 8:09:23 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Trillian

Was it an assault knife and an assault bat?


34 posted on 10/02/2021 8:17:43 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Trillian
Libs want to kill another Major League Baseball season.
35 posted on 10/02/2021 8:20:20 PM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: chajin

Grady Judd was wearing his relaxed attire during his press conference this afternoon. He was rocking blue jeans and a denim button down with the sheriff logo. Very hip.


36 posted on 10/02/2021 8:24:38 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Puddin' Head Joe--We are checking our watches for the end of your miserable White House tenure.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

TPTB want it to happen so they can exploit it for more laws and reduction of freedoms


37 posted on 10/02/2021 8:29:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: chajin

Davenport a couple of miles from me. Why did they have to mention publix. Home of sheriff grady judd.


38 posted on 10/02/2021 9:56:52 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru Him all things are possible.)
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To: Trillian

If they outlaw bats, then only outlaws will have bats.


39 posted on 10/03/2021 3:23:01 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist.I'm white.How does that make me racist?)
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