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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Hawkinson

Florida sheriff puts seven cops on leave after bungled domestic violence response ends in triple homicide: ‘P*** poor’

Seven Florida cops have been placed on leave after their sheriff labeled the handling of a domestic violence case as “p*** poor.”

Mary Gingles, her father David Ponzer and neighbor Andrew Ferrin were all shot dead earlier this month, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said, while Gingles’s four-year-old daughter was kidnapped. Now, Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said seven officers “fell short on” the case after receiving multiple calls from Gingles, who told them her husband was taking “steps” to murder her and was waiting “for the opportune time.”

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