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(NewsNation) — Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith believes "evil" came to Starke, Florida, past Friday erstwhile Christopher Jones was fatally shot portion picking his children up from time care.
The pistillate accused of sidesplitting the antheral is the parent of the children, Mindy Osteen.
Osteen and Jones’ kids were successful the backmost spot of the car erstwhile she began shooting, putting them successful harm’s way. She claims she changeable Jones successful self-defense.
Smith told "Banfield" connected Thursday that the children were strapped successful their car seats during and aft the shooting.
"Pure evil came to municipality that time successful our community, a lady, if you privation to telephone her a lady, I've got amended names for it, but astir apt not due to what she's done," Smith said.
After reviewing surveillance tapes, the sheriff tells NewsNation that Jones was "cordial" with the parent of his children portion picking up his kids and got into the driver's broadside of his motortruck earlier being changeable respective times.
"She pulls a handgun, leans successful the conveyance and conscionable instantaneously fires disconnected 3 rounds wrong that vehicle, takes similar a stutter measurement backmost ... and past she eases backmost successful and fires disconnected 2 much rounds from that semi-automatic weapon," Smith said.
According to the sheriff, his squad recovered a societal media station from months agone wherein Jones was wearing a suit and Osteen commented, "You bought that suit for your funeral."
"It leads you to judge that she'd been readying this for immoderate time," Smith said.
