The names of the three alleged victims of Nathan Gingles, 43, who was discovered at a Walmart shop with his daughter just hours after her mother and grandfather were discovered shot dead in her Florida home, were made public by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
On the morning of February 16, Gingles was charged with shooting his estranged wife, Mary Catherine Gingles, 34; her father, David Pozner, 64; and her neighbor, Andrew Ferrin, 36. Pozner was discovered dead from a gunshot wound on the back patio of the house where his daughter resided, according to a news release from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
In an arrest warrant, Broward County Sheriff’s Detective Lacey Henry stated that he was shot “in the head while he innocently drank coffee on his back patio” and was still clutching the handle of a broken coffee mug.
More information about the horrifying crime scene that authorities saw in the Tamarac, Florida, neighborhood, including the finding of Mary Gingles’ body in Ferrin’s house, where she was also discovered dead, was included in the warrant.
According to police, neighborhood security footage saw Mary Gingles rushing to Ferrin’s house for assistance after her father was shot.
security footage from a nearby residence that captured a woman screaming after many gunshots. Nathan Gingles was also purportedly seen on the same video strolling down the sidewalk while being followed by his putative 4-year-old daughter, whom he had abducted. According to Henry’s warrant, the two were purportedly pursuing Mary Gingles to Ferrin’s residence.
The young girl was thought by the police to have witnessed all three of the suspected killings.
There were multiple incidents of domestic violence during the tense divorce proceedings between Nathan and Mary Gingles. Nathan Gingles was accused of breaking a protective order against Mary Gingles at the time of her death.
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The warrant stated that deputies discovered multiple weapons lockboxes and a document containing a domestic violence injunction in the kitchen.
In court records, Mary Gingles detailed her worries of her estranged husband.
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Nathan Gingles once “sang that he was going to shoot me and there was nothing I could do about it,” according to a handwritten document made by Mary Gingles. Mary Gingles stated clearly in her injunction victim’s statement, “I am afraid Nathan will kill me and my daughter because of his psychotic behavior, his numerous threats, his drug use, his multiple/many silenced firearms, and my impending divorce action.”
Before she was discovered with her father, the couple’s 4-year-old was the focus of an Amber Alert. She was safe.
