American Man Kills His Daughter & Six Grandchildren; Then Killed Himself [PHOTO]

A man killed his daughter and six grandchildren, the youngest
just three months old, in a mass shooting at a house in the US
state of Florida on Thursday [Sept. 18].
An undated image shows Don Spirit (AP Photo) The shooter,
identified as Don Charles Spirit, 51, then killed himself, said
Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz. The oldest child was
age 10.
"I haven't seen anything like this at all," Schultz, who was
visibly shaken, told reporters. "This county, this community is
going to be devastated from this. It is a small county, we are
all family here. "We're asking for prayers for this community
and the families involved”.
Spirit had contacted emergency services saying that he was
considering harming himself and others, but when police
arrived at the home in the small town of Bell, his daughter
and young grandchildren were all dead, police said.
Spirit reportedly killed himself while police were there. In an
incident later ruled an accident, Spirit shot and killed his nine-
year-old son during a 2001 hunting trip, the Tampa Bay Times
reported.The child died instantly from a bullet wound to the
head, caused by Spirit's rifle going off while he cleaned rust
from the barrel, the paper said.
Thursday's grisly episode is sure to revive passionate debate
about gun ownership in the United States, where 11,000 people
were murdered by gun violence in 2011, according to FBI
figures.