ORLANDO, Fla. — A gunman killed four people — including an infant — in a neighborhood near Lakeland before shooting at law enforcement officers who responded to the scene early Sunday, according to the Polk County sheriff.
The man, identified as 33-year-old Bryan Riley, had “zero connection” to the victims, Sheriff Grady Judd said. Riley, of Brandon, is a former U.S. Marine and works as a bodyguard and security for ESS Global Corporation.
“[Riley] says at one point to the detective, ‘They begged for their lives, and I killed them anyway,’” the sheriff said at a news conference. “He was evil in the flesh. ... Total, total unprovoked mass murder.”
