A Florida man spiraled into a murderous rage after trying to form a romantic relationship with his 17-year-old daughter, shooting a woman to death and wounding her mother and the teenager, authorities said.
Michael Banks, 42, shot and killed his mother’s friend, wounded his mother and injured his daughter in a rage at the family’s Tampa home on Wednesday, police said.
Banks, outraged that his family tried to stop his own daughter’s romantic pursuit, opened fire on officers responding to reports of shots fired.
Police returned fire but did not hit Banks, who surrendered and was taken into custody, Fox 13 reported.
A pretrial detention motion filed by prosecutors accused Banks of resorting to violence after overhearing his mother and her friend discuss kicking him out of the family home after learning he was “pursuing a romantic relationship with her daughter.”
Prosecutors said the father, clouded by anger and betrayal, grabbed his loaded revolver and shot the unidentified woman to death in the kitchen.
Michael Banks allegedly shot and killed a woman before pointing the gun at members of her family. FOX 13
The woman was a friend of his mother, according to Fox.
Banks then pointed it at his mother, causing a bullet to graze her head, prosecutors said.
According to prosecutors, Banks chased his 17-year-old daughter, who was in the shower at the time, shooting through the bathroom door and hitting the teen in the leg.
Apparently, Banks became enraged after hearing his mother talk about kicking him out because he wanted to have a romantic relationship with her daughter. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
Police saw her mother and daughter running out of the house and screaming for help.
When authorities later questioned Banks, he confirmed that he had written a love letter to his daughter, asking her to “enter into a relationship with him and not date anyone else,” prosecutors said.
Banks has a criminal record that includes a conviction on aggravated assault charges for beating a pregnant woman in 2007.
The banks will remain without bail until Wednesday. FOX 13
He was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder of a police officer and felon in possession of a firearm.
Banks is being held without bail until a remand hearing on Wednesday.
The shooting remains under police investigation.
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