Man attacks coworkers with baseball bat, knife kills 2, Polk County criticizes 1 – WFTV

POLK COUNTY, Florida – A man has been arrested after attacking people inside a Polk County home with a baseball bat and knife, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Polk County Sheriff’s Grady Judd said Shaun Runyon killed two people and left one in critical condition.

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MPs said Runyon was working with the Publix Cooperation in Lakeland as part of a Pennsylvania electricity company.

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After hitting his supervisor, Runyon fled his job and his fate was unknown, MPs said.

Runyon and other workers were staying at a house in the unincorporated area of ​​Davenport where he returned on Saturday morning and attacked them, MPs said.

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Deputies said he entered the house and beat and stabbed a total of seven people.

Two of the victims have died and one is not expected to survive, MPs said.

“One victim was beaten to death in his bed while sleeping,” Judd said.

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After fleeing his home, Runyon was later found in a hospital and placed under attestation, MPs said.

MPs said Runyon was in custody and there was no threat to the public.

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