Florida 'monster' teen kills parents, injures deputy in shooting: police

A Florida teenager died in a shooting Saturday night after killing both his parents and injuring a deputy, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

Shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, officers responded to a home in Tampa to receive reports of a shooting.

Deputies said the caller, later identified as Rebecca Ann Themelis, 48, said her husband, Christos Byron Themelis, 51, had been shot. On the phone to the dispatch center, officers said several more shots were fired.

When officers arrived on scene, they found the suspect, Christos Alexander Themelis Jr., 19, and Rebecca Themelis outside the home.

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Authorities said the suspect then shot his mother in the back of the head and then began shooting at law enforcement officers, wounding a deputy in the leg.

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“The monster we encountered tonight is responsible for not only the injuries of our deputy, but also the deaths of his own mother and father,” said Sheriff Chad Chronister. “Our deputies responded to a chaotic scene and immediately put themselves in harm's way to protect our community. Without our deputy's quick and competent response, an entire neighborhood would have been in danger.”

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The teen barricaded himself inside the home and later died from his injuries, authorities said.

The columnist said the injured deputy was in stable condition.

“Please keep him and all deputies involved in the overnight shooting in your thoughts and prayers,” Chronister said in a post on X.

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The investigation into the fatal shooting is ongoing.

According to Chronister, police were called to the home 10 times before the fatal shooting, with the majority of those calls related to mental health services and violence against his parents.

Chronister added that there was also an active risk protection order against the 19-year-old that led deputies to seize his guns. Investigators are trying to find out how he obtained the gun used to kill his parents because he was deemed “mentally unfit.”

“We don't know exactly, and we may never know why he became so violent. But we do know that inflicting injury or harm on another human being, the reason never matters, it is never acceptable, period,” Chronicler said.

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