Florida Business Partners Shot Each Other to Death

Two Florida Business partners were able to end a dispute over work this week by shooting each other to death.

Two men were involved in an argument at their Lakeland, Florida auto body shop on Thursday. The argument quickly devolved into a shootout, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. One of the business owners was killed instantly, while the other died shortly afterwards after trying to flee the scene from his truck.

“This was an avoidable tragedy stemming from a disagreement between business partners,” In a statement, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd stated that he was unable to provide a link for this article. Fox News. “We all have an obligation to our friends, our families, and society at large to talk things out instead of turning to violence. These men would still be alive today, and their families would not be grieving, had they been able to work out their differences civilly.”

According to the sheriff’s office, business partners Akeido Bennett, 31, and Xavier Figueroa, 39, both from the nearby city of Kissimmee, were involved in an ongoing dispute that culminated in both men shooting each other. Fox News was told by Fox News that Bennett had died at the scene. Figueroa tried to flee the scene in his truck but succumbed shortly afterwards.

Two men co-owned a business in Lakeland on U.S. Route 92. The sheriff’s office did not release the name of the business, but a search on Google Maps shows that the address is home to a business called Service On Site of Central Florida, Inc., an auto repair business. Street View images show an abandoned garage and a parking lot that has cars parked.

Authorities confirmed that no other suspects were reported to be in the area. WFLAHowever, the incident remains under investigation.

A man was also allegedly arrested in another state, last month. killed his own mother Because she has never been able to. “pushed” him to “be a man.”

“On November 29, 2022, at approximately 4:13 PM, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible stabbing at a residence in Kissimmee,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a statement on Facebook. “Upon arrival, it was determined that one female was deceased, and another female had severe lacerations to her hands.”

A motion for pre-trial detention from Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, obtained by NBC News, revealed that the suspect’s sister was the one who was injured.

“The victim heard their mother screaming for her life,” These documents should be read.

“When the victim came out of her room, she observed the defendant stabbing their mother multiple times with a kitchen knife,” The motion was accepted. “The victim attempted to intervene and sustained multiple deep lacerations to her hands from the defendant cutting her.”

The suspect, Matthew Stewart Sisley was located a short distance from the house shortly after officers arrived. The suspect was taken to the Sheriff’s Office, where he confessed to intentionally stabbing his mother and accidentally stabbing his sister.

The sheriff’s office released a partial transcript of the interview:

Detective: “Do you think your mom deserved to get stabbed?”

Suspect: “Yes.”

Detective: “Why?”

Suspect: “Because she never pushed me to be a man.”

Detective: “Do you regret doing it?”

Suspect: “No. I would do it again.”

Police stated that the suspect had been arrested at the Osceola county Jail for domestic aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon. There would be additional charges.

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