Three best friends who went fishing in Florida were found beaten and shot to death in what the local sheriff called one of the most “horrible” crime scenes he had ever seen.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd identified the friends as Damion Tillman, 23; Keven Springfield, 30; and Brandon Rollins, 27. They were from Frostproof, a small town southeast of Tampa.
No suspects or motives have been identified in the triple homicide Friday night, but Judd said investigators believe more than one perpetrator was involved.
Judd said the group had planned to go fishing in Lake Streety, a fishing lake that Judd said is “as far away as possible in the middle of the forest.”
Tillman, who first arrived at the lake, was in the process of being killed when Springfield and Rollins appeared in a second truck.
“They were shot and eventually killed,” said Judd.
Before he died, Judd said Rollins called his father, who was at home in bed, and rushed to the lake. The father spoke to Rollins before he died, although Judd refused to say what Rollins told him.
Judd said it was unclear if the friends knew their assailants, but added: “You don’t run into someone out here. This is a dirt road. A clay dirt road, in the middle of what we call God’s country “.
