Sheriff: Volusia man beat woman with toilet seat, said she got injuries ‘falling down’
Updated: 12:55 PM EDT Oct 26, 2023
AT THOSE TRAVEL TIMES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. LET’S GET YOU BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS NOW. THE SEARCH IS ON RIGHT NOW ACROSS MAINE FOR THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IN A MASS SHOOTING. YEAH, AUTHORITIES REPORT AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE DIED AND A DOZEN OTHERS GOT HURT. JASON HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL MORNING LONG. AND JASON, THE GUY THAT AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY SAY HE’S STILL ARMED AND DANGEROUS. YEAH, AND A VERY DANGEROUS SUSPECT ON THE LOOSE. OFFICIALS SAY THE MAN THEY WANT TO FIND, ROBERT COD, IS A CERTIFIED FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR AND HE HAS SOME 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE 40 YEAR OLD RECENTLY REPORTED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ALLEGEDLY MADE A THREAT TO SHOOT UP A NATIONAL GUARD BASE. HE’S CONSIDERED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN LAST NIGHT’S DEADLY SHOOTINGS IN LEWISTON, MAINE. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE COULD BE ARMED WITH AN AR STYLE RIFLE. COD IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. HE IS A PERSON OF INTEREST, HOWEVER, AND THAT’S WHAT WE’LL LABEL HIM AT MOVING FORWARD UNTIL THAT CHANGES. NOW, MAINE’S GOVERNOR JANET MILLS, ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING SHE’S BEEN BRIEFED ON THE MATTER AND IS URGING PEOPLE TO, QUOTE, FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. TONIGHT, RESIDENTS ARE ALSO BEING ENCOURAGED TO TAKE SHELTER THERE IN MAINE, JUST DEVASTATING NEWS, BUT ALSO VERY TERRIFYING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE NOT KNOWING WHERE THIS POTENTIAL GUNMAN MAY BE JASON. THANK YOU BOTH. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS MORNING, DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THAT SHOOTING ARE REUNITING WITH THEIR LOVED ONES. JENNIFER EGAN IS IN AUBURN, MAINE, THIS MORNING WHERE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE SPOKE TO POLICE BEFORE MEETING UP WITH THEIR TERRIFIED FAMILY MEMBERS. WITNESSES. TO THE SHOOTINGS WERE FIRST BROUGHT TO AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION IN LEWISTON, MAINE, WHERE THEY GAVE STATEMENTS TO POLICE AND THEN THEY WERE BROUGHT BY CITY BUS TO THE AUBURN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AUBURN BORDERS LEWISTON. NOW, WE’RE TOLD BY AUBURN’S MAYOR THAT BETWEEN 40 AND 50 PEOPLE WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES HERE, BUT ALSO THAT THE BUSSES BRINGING THOSE WITNESSES HERE AFTER THEY TALKED TO POLICE STOPPED SHOWING UP HERE AROUND 230 THIS MORNING. THERE WERE STILL FAMILIES HERE WAITING FOR ANSWERS ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES. THEY HAVE LEFT AT THIS POINT, LARGELY WITHOUT AN ANSWER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED ONE, WHO THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR. THERE IS AN FBI AGENT INSIDE, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IN A LOCAL POLICE CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF GIVING INFORMATION TO FAMILIES WHO SHOW UP. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION HERE AS WELL IN AUBURN, MAINE, JENNIFER EGAN. AND WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM SOME OF OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHO ARE CONDEMNING THAT SHOOTING IN MAINE. AND THEY’RE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THEIR SEARCH FOR THE GUNMAN. OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF MARCO LOPEZ RELEASED A STATEMENT AND IT SAID, OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE ENTIRE MAINE COMMUNITY AND TO OUR NATION AS WE GRIEVE ONCE AGAIN ON THIS TRAGIC DAY. STATE POLICE ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE MASS SHOOTING IN JUST UNDER THREE HOURS THIS MORNING AT 1030, WESH 2 NEWS WILL BRING YOU THAT UPDATE LIVE WHEN IT HAPPENS. UNTIL THEN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AS WE GET THEM HERE ON AIR AND ONLINE. ALSO ON OUR FREE WESH 2 NEWS MOBILE APP. ALL RIGHT, AT 737, BACK HERE AT HOME IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, TWO TEENS ARE SET TO FACE A JUDGE TODAY AFTER POLICE SAY THEY SHOT AND KILLED ANOTHER TEENAGER AT A SANFORD APARTMENT COMPLEX. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING FROM THE SEMINOLE COUNTY JAIL. AND TONY, INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THEY KNEW THE VICTIM. YEAH, CHRISTINA, AND THAT’S WHY THEY ARE CHARGED WITH WHAT THEY ARE CHARGED WITH, WHICH IS FIRST DEGREE HOMICIDE. AND 18 YEAR OLD JACKIE IRVING JUNIOR TURNED HIMSELF IN TO INVESTIGATORS. AND POLICE SAY A 17 YEAR OLD DID THE SAME. WE AREN’T IDENTIFYING THAT 17 YEAR OLD, THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY ARE A MINOR. NOW, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AROUND 6:00 SUNDAY EVENING AT THE STRATFORD POINTE APARTMENTS. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS 16 YEAR OLD JAMARCUS PARKER. OFFICERS SAY HE WAS HANGING HANGING OUT WITH SOME FRIENDS IN THE APARTMENTS PARKING LOT WHEN TWO PEOPLE PULLED UP IN A CAR. THEY GOT OUT AND THEY STARTED SHOOTING BEFORE DRIVING OUT. NOW, AS FOR THE ADULT SUSPECT, IRVING, HE’S SET TO FACE A JUDGE. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:00. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, TONY ATKINS, WESH 2 NEWS. TONY, THANK YOU. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS INVESTIGATING ANOTHER SHOOTING THIS WEEK INVOLVING AN OFFICER AT AN FHP TROOPER SHOT A WOMAN IN FLAGLER COUNTY. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN IS LIVE IN PALM COAST THIS MORNING. AND, BOB, INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS ALL STARTED WITH A TRAFFIC STOP THAT THEN LED LED TO A CHASE. YEAH, WE KNOW THAT ONE WOMAN WAS SHOT, AS YOU SAID, BUT WE’RE STILL TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE FHP ABOUT WHY THAT TROOPER DID OPEN FIRE. NOW, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO FROM LAST NIGHT WHEN THE SCENE WAS STILL HERE AND STILL ACTIVE WITH THE INVESTIGATION ONGOING. THIS IS OFF HAMMOCK DUNES PARKWAY NEAR PALM COAST, RIGHT OFF OF A-1-A AND IT’S AN AREA WITH A NUMBER OF RESORTS. FHP SAYS A TROOPER WAS TRYING TO PULL OVER A CAR HERE THAT HAD TWO FEMALES INSIDE. AND WE DON’T KNOW IF THEY WERE ADULTS OR KIDS, BUT THE DRIVER TOOK OFF. THE TROOPER CHASED IT FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL THEY SAY THAT CAR CRASHED. THEN THE TROOPER FIRED HIS GUN WHILE TRYING TO CATCH ONE OF THE SUSPECTS AND DID HIT HER. THE FHP HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING ABOUT WHETHER THE SUSPECTS HAD ANY WEAPONS OR TRIED TO FIGHT WITH THE TROOPER. SO IT’S NOT CLEAR AT THIS POINT WHY HE FIRED AT THEM. FHP ALSO DID NOT SAY WHETHER THE SECOND PERSON IN THAT CAR WAS ARRESTED OR NOT. WE ARE TOLD THAT THAT THE FEMALE THAT WAS SHOT WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS BEING TREATED THERE. AGAIN, WE DON’T KNOW HER AGE AT THIS TIME. THE TROOPER, THOUGH, WAS NOT HURT. AND RIGHT NOW, FDLE IS HANDLING THE INVESTIGATION JASON INTO THE SHOOTING ITSELF.
Sheriff: Volusia man beat woman with toilet seat, said she got injuries ‘falling down’
Updated: 12:55 PM EDT Oct 26, 2023
Above: A look at today’s headlinesA Holly Hill man was arrested after deputies say he beat a woman with a toilet seat.Carl Booth, 68, was charged with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.According to officials, the woman walked inside their shared residence, and that was when Booth started yelling at her. Then, he grabbed a toilet seat and struck the woman on the head twice. The woman said Booth was jealous they did not have a romantic relationship, officials report. Booth told deputies the woman fell on the steps and injured her left side, according to court documents, but the injuries were on the right side of the woman’s head.When deputies entered the residence, they said they found the detached toilet seat just as the woman had described, which had a small amount of blood and a piece of the woman’s hair. According to court records, deputies determined probable cause to charge Booth with aggravated battery. Records also show that Booth had multiple prior convictions for battery.Booth was released on Wednesday after paying a $2,500 bail.
Above: A look at today’s headlines
A Holly Hill man was arrested after deputies say he beat a woman with a toilet seat.
Carl Booth, 68, was charged with felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
According to officials, the woman walked inside their shared residence, and that was when Booth started yelling at her. Then, he grabbed a toilet seat and struck the woman on the head twice.
The woman said Booth was jealous they did not have a romantic relationship, officials report.
Booth told deputies the woman fell on the steps and injured her left side, according to court documents, but the injuries were on the right side of the woman’s head.
When deputies entered the residence, they said they found the detached toilet seat just as the woman had described, which had a small amount of blood and a piece of the woman’s hair.
According to court records, deputies determined probable cause to charge Booth with aggravated battery. Records also show that Booth had multiple prior convictions for battery.
Booth was released on Wednesday after paying a $2,500 bail.
