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Daniel P. Quinnell

Friday, January 4, 2013

Walmart Shooter Identified by Mother Tells Deputies He 'Just Snapped'

Daniel P. Quinnell was arrested Friday morning for what the sheriff's office is calling a hate crime.

The phones at the Pasco Sheriff's Office lit up Thursday after video of the Lutz Walmart shooting suspect was released. Authorities say the man harassed a couple outside the Land O’ Lakes Boulevard store around 3 a.m. Jan. 2. The incident, which is being classified as a hate crime by the sheriff’s office, unfolded as a man and his girlfriend were walking through the store’s parking lot. The suspect began harassing the couple because he believed the man was from the Middle East, according to a sheriff’s office report. As the man and his girlfriend approached their car, the suspect came up to them and made racial slurs about the man being with a white woman, then shot the man in the head and neck with a pellet gun. The agency had eight calls…

joe bob

10:49 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013

Yeah but if you read what the organization said, they said they would reward the first person to give info that brings the culprit behind bars. Being a relative of the person who did this crime, I know the family received nothing thus far as far as a cash reward. I know for a fact they don't care about cash at all at this point, they are very devastated about the matter. But yes, I know who gave …   more ›

Walmart Shooting Suspect Arrested

Deputies say he shot a man in the face several times with a pellet gun outside the Lutz Walmart in what is being classified as a hate crime.

A 25-year-old Land O’ Lakes man is now in custody following a Wednesday morning shooting outside the Lutz Walmart. Pasco County deputies say the man harassed a couple outside the Land O’ Lakes Boulevard store around 3 a.m. Jan. 2. The incident, which is being classified as a hate crime by the sheriff’s office, unfolded as a man and his girlfriend were walking through the store’s parking lot. The suspect began harassing the couple because he believed the man was from the Middle East, a sheriff’s office report said. As the man and his girlfriend approached their car, the suspect came up to them and made racial slurs about the man being with a white woman, then shot the man in the face with a pellet gun in the cheek area at least twice, Pasco…

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