The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

3rd victim dies after angry co-worker’s rampage

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Authoritie­s said Sunday a third victim has died following a violent attack where an angry electricia­n wielding a knife and baseball bat killed three co-workers and injured another at the Florida home they shared.

Polk County Sheriff’s officials said electricia­n Shaun Runyon got into the argument with his supervisor Friday, punching the man and fleeing the job site. He returned to the Davenport home he where he was temporaril­y living with his co-workers Saturday and beat one man to death while he slept, killed another man on the front porch and chased another victim into the street, beating him badly with a bat, Sheriff Grady Judd said.

A fourth victim suffered critical injuries and later died at the hospital. Another man, his wife and their 7-year-old daughter escaped unharmed. Authoritie­s did not release the identifies of the victims.

Runyon and seven co-workers and their families were living at the home rented by a Pennsylvan­ia company, J & B Electric, Inc.

It’s unclear what prompted the fight between 39-year-old Runyon and his supervisor Friday, but Sheriff Judd said he confessed.

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