Daughter Leads Police To Her Father's Deadly Murder Rampage

ST. CLOUD POLICE DEPARTMENT. MAKE. YOURSELF KNOWN. HOLD ON. Let me fix the. next one. >> Florida SWAT are in the middle of a. multi-hour rescue operation after a. deranged father just shot his wife in. front of their own children. >> Go. My son. That's her daughter. >> We're going to make sure we GET. EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW. >> GO. You're got a rifle. Okay. >> As far back as you can go. In the middle. of this chaos, police are racing against. the clock to save the wounded mother.

trapped inside, leaving them with no. choice but to get creative. Even if it. means using the shooter's own children. to bring the standoff to an end. >> He already said he's not coming out. until you guys kill him. >> Oh yeah, he's in the He saw the drone. Fall back. I don't want to die.

It's approximately 6:00 p.m. on a. Saturday evening in an upper class. lakefront neighborhood in St. Cloud, Florida. Inside one of the homes, a. heated argument erupts between. 48-year-old Jose and his wife Lzvette. One that's about to completely spiral. out of control. >> 911. What's the address of the. emergency? >> I think I died to someone.

>> My dad is upstairs with the gun. I don't. know. He went back to the room. >> Where is your mom? >> He just shot her. >> No, he shot her. He just shot her in the. my bathroom. >> How many shots are fired? >> After the call disconnects, the St. Cloud Police Department rushes to. respond, immediately dispatching 20. patrol cars to the scene. From what. officers can gather, two siblings just. watched their father shoot their mother,

and they could be his next victims. The. first to arrive is rookie officer. Garnesh with only 6 months of. experience. And as he steps out of his. car, he's walking straight into the line. of fire. >> Go inside. Get inside your house. Get out of the way.

Gash, hold there. Have the 1027 and the neighbor step out. and come immediately north. >> All the way at the corner on the left is. going to be the target residence. 1027. is one house to the north, one house. towards us. Officer Garnesh and his. partner are positioned roughly 70 ft. away from the active shooter's house, waiting for backup. Moments later, additional units arrive along with K9. quickly surrounding the home from both. the east and west. Leading the operation.

is Sergeant Patrick Manx. With nearly a. decade in law enforcement and awards, including hero of the year, he's earned. a reputation for doing whatever it takes. to protect innocent lives. So knowing a. civilian hostage may be critically. wounded inside, Manx understands the. clock is working against him. So he. quickly devises an extremely bold. strategy, completely unaware of the. danger he's about to send his men. directly into.

The sergeant's plan is straightforward, but far from simple. rush in, take the. active shooter by surprise, and get the. two children and their wounded mother. out, all while ensuring no civilians or. officers are injured. But as Manx and. his team approach the house, the shooter. inside has a plan of his own. One that. doesn't involve surrender, but instead. drawing officers into a deadly ambush. >> Okay, let's move.

This house should be the same. >> Nice house. >> ST. CLOUD POLICE DEPARTMENT. TAKE.

YOURSELF DOWN. >> HOLD ON. I think it's the next one. >> Pull back. >> Can you make sure I don't have any blood. on me anywhere? Cuz he's shot at me. I. didn't feel anything, but All right. The shooter fires, but the round strikes. the door instead, miraculously missing.

Sergeant Manx by less than an inch. But. as Manx and his men retreat to cover, a. critical problem remains. Officers have. yet to secure the south side of the. property, which leads directly into a. nearby park. However, rushing over there. now would expose them to gunfire from. the numerous windows surrounding the. home. So faced with this reality check, Manx is forced to rethink the strategy. from the ground up. With tension rising by the second, SWAT.

finally arrives on scene along with a. sniper and a drone operator, giving Manx. his best [music] chance yet to contain. the shooter. And as fate would have it, the most dangerous assignment, securing. the back of the house, falls to Officer. Garnes. So, with a wounded mother and. two children still trapped inside, this. rookie officer is about to face the most. dangerous moment of his career. >> SOMEONE GO TO THE BACK. GO TO THE BACK.

Take two. Come on. Roll. >> Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. >> Go. >> [snorts]. >> Backyard's fence off. >> There's a fence back here. Just make. sure I got him up there. >> It's f back here. >> That's me.

>> 51. resident 2760. This is the St. Cloud Police Department. Come out with your hands up. >> I'm going to duck down here and cover. the top. I don't I don't like standing. right here. >> This is a safe cloud police department. >> Yeah. >> Come out with your hands up. >> You just hold low like that.

>> As officer Garnesh continues issuing. commands, SWAT has now surrounded the. house from all directions. While a. sniper maintains visual on the front. entrance and for the first time since. the standoff began, police finally have. gained the upper hand. With the standoff. closing in on the 1 hour mark, one. officer decides it's time to deploy a. drone, hoping to locate both the shooter.

and the wounded victim inside. But what. seems like a smart tactical move is. about to escalate the standoff even. further. I'm getting ready to put the drone up. >> Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come. on.

>> Do you see him? >> Oh, yeah. He's in the hole. He shot the. drone. He shot the drone. He's all the way down the hallway with a. light going [music]. on his on a rifle. It looks like a. rifle. Don't worry about it. >> But you can see through the front door. >> Yeah. >> See him? >> Yeah.

>> Despite successfully locating the. shooter, the drone is shot down, making. the suspect even more agitated. But even. more concerning, there has still been no. update on the two children inside or. their injured mother until now. Suddenly, officers notice movement and. within seconds, the entire scene. descends into chaos. >> We're sending people from the house just. north down the street towards you, LT. >> LT, they're sending people our way.

>> Don't let anybody leave. >> Get him. Get him. Get him. Go, go, go, go, go, go. >> Right here. Over here. Come on. >> Stay right here, buddy. Stay right. there. >> Go. >> We're going to make sure we get. everybody. >> Go, go. >> Get behind the cars. Get behind the. engine. >> Come on. >> I don't want to die. >> You're not going to. Same with me. Stay. behind this.

>> You're He's got a rifle. Okay. >> Hang on a rifle. >> As far back as you can go, please. to. stay behind vehicles. >> Stop it. >> Amid the chaos, officers successfully. evacuate the captive children and nearby. families, rushing them behind cover. several houses away. A 10-year-old boy. and his 24year-old sister tell officers. that the shooter inside is their father, Joseé Fontanz, and the woman who was. shot is their mother, Lvette Figureroa. And despite being terrified and shaken,

both children are still willing to help. unaware they're about to become the key. to the entire operation. With time quickly running out for the. children's mother, Sergeant Manx shifts. his focus towards making direct contact. with Jose, hoping negotiators can. convince him to surrender before anyone. else gets hurt. But interestingly, officers are about to realize the only. people capable of reaching the father. and finally bringing the standoff to an. end are his own children. Are we trying.

to get that number for him? >> I keep doing they keep asking for it, but I don't know if they ever came. through or not. >> Thank you. LT, >> do you want to put a page out to patrol. and then have everybody. >> The officer was telling me the one that. is outside my house. >> I'm the next door neighbor. >> He was telling me that if we got his. phone number that was sent down to. >> So, who knows Jose? >> They are his kids. >> Okay. Does anyone have a number for. Jose? >> Okay. Can I get the number? >> Should have it. What does your dad do?

What is his job? >> Uh, he builds like boats. >> Okay. How many guns does he have? >> They have one that's on the side of the. house. >> He had a license. >> Is it a pistol? A rifle? >> I'm not sure. >> It's a. >> handgun, bigger gun, handgun. Okay. >> Harrison rifle. >> Does he have any military experience? >> No. >> Thank you. And where are you at? >> All right. Thank you. Give me one sec. Stay right here. Okay. >> Dad's in construction. He has one single. handgun. Um, no military. You know what? >> Find a better position. Who should be in.

the house? >> Uh, they said I think mom, but I'll. double check. >> Find out who I've got. >> Okay. Who's supposed to be in the house? >> It was me and him. Goodbye. Your mom and. father. >> Okay. So, only people in there right now. should be your mom and your father. >> Yes. >> Thanks to the rescued children, police. have now learned crucial information. about Jose, not least his phone number. So, with a direct line to Jose finally. established, negotiators would attempt. to initiate contact only to encounter an. obstacle. they never saw coming.

>> If you want to try and make contact, that's fine. I don't know if he'll. answer. >> I got He said mom or daughter said she. wasn't answering him. >> We'll try. >> Hey, Jose. >> All right. This is Patrick in Soph. How. you doing? >> Believe we have the photo. >> Jose, can you hear me? No English. >> Okay. Any English at all? >> What do you need? >> You need Spanish? Okay. Momento. Okay. He was shooting at the cops in England.

>> Does the dad speak any English? >> He doesn't speak any English. >> No units on task. I need one Spanish. officer to my position and not for CMT. translation. >> I can get Cologne to you. >> I'll send him now. When we get an. accident, let's have them come up and. fill here. I'll cover for now. All. right. Just as officers believe they're finally. making progress, they discover their. suspect doesn't speak any English. It.

was already a stroke of luck that Jose. answered the officer's call in the first. place. But now they're forced to wait. even longer for Officer Coen, a. Spanish-sp speakaking officer, to arrive. on scene. While they wait, investigators. can't afford to sit still, so they turn. back to the children for answers. because if they can uncover Jose's. motive behind all of this, they may be. finally able to understand how [music]. exactly to stop him. But before we get. to that, I used to just keep all my. money in my bank account, not really.

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screen. With that said, let's return to. the scene where officers are about to. uncover crucial information that will. finally shed some light on Jose's. motives. >> So, you two were the only ones in the. actual house at the time? >> Yes. >> Okay. Who called 911 originally? >> Uh, I Well, we are. And then I was like, >> so who was the first person to call. though? >> I really don't know. I guess I talked to. Kaitlin, so I kept talking. Okay. So, you two were in the house with mom and. dad originally. You guys heard the shots. and then you guys left or I I ran.

upstairs. You screaming for my name. >> He shot her in front of me. >> What did you see exactly? >> I saw my mom running, >> telling him to stop. >> Him behind her. I don't understand. what's going on. I thought, honestly, I. thought it was a fake gun that he was. shooting her with until I saw her the. blood. She has she had a trip tomorrow. to go to California for work. So, I had to do her nails. We were. talking and she was telling me about.

him fighting and why he was fighting. that he was accusing her of cheating. like a wife. >> According to Jose's daughter, the attack. on their mother was the result of weeks. of paranoia over Lzvette's alleged. affair with her boss. Paranoia that. became so intense Jose had begun. stalking Lisvette and even secretly. placing recording devices in the home. And with that, detectives realize that. if Jose is capable of snapping and. shooting someone over unconfirmed.

accusations of cheating, reasoning with. him will be incredibly difficult, even. with a Spanish translator present. Nevertheless, they have to try. Approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes into. the standoff, Officer Coen finally. arrives on scene. But as he prepares to. make contact with Jose, he has no idea. the shooter is about to make officers. question everything they think they know. about the situation and who they're.

truly up against. Jose, can you hear me? Jose. Okay. Get some outerity in between the uh. take some deep breaths. You're not so. stressed. >> Yeah, I just I just.

saying he has a child with him. >> Okay. How old is the child? Okay. Okay.

for. Jose.

Jose makes the bizarre claim that the. gunshots officers heard were actually. coming from the television inside the. house despite police witnessing him fire. multiple rounds. He also insists his. 10-year-old son is still inside the. home, the same boy officers had just. helped escape with his sister moments.

earlier. It quickly becomes clear that. Jose is either desperately trying to. manipulate police [music] or is deeply. detached from reality. Either way, negotiators don't challenge his lies and. instead continue trying to convince him. to step outside. But as the call drags. on for the next 20 minutes, their worst. fears are slowly becoming a reality. Jose has no intention of surrendering. By now, the standoff has begun taking a.

visible toll, not only on the officers, but also on Lzette's children and. friends who anxiously wait on the. street, knowing that every wasted minute. could cost the innocent mother her. chance of survival. And unsurprisingly, tensions are about to boil over as one. of Liz Vet's close friends begins. confronting officers over their. strategy. >> I'm not telling you how to do your job, but can can can you all go in? >> So, there's a there's a whole set of. situ we have to follow. Okay. >> But the longer it takes, the longer he's. just going to bleed.

>> I hear you. We have to be careful cuz. then if we start having this, >> he already said he's not coming out. until you guys kill him. >> Okay. >> Okay. Can we get an ambulance now? Please. There's nobody else in there. I promise. you. I just need somebody to get there. She's bleeding. >> Take a breather. [laughter] Just take a. breather. Okay. >> She's bleeding on the upstairs. And the. longer it takes it, the less suggest she. has. >> However, think of it like this, right?

Let's say he brought one of his buddies. and had him away in there. And if we But. if he did, if he did, right, we don't. know that before. If he could have and. if he came, he was coming in. We don't. we don't know that we everything we. based off sending officers to save her. now they die. It's going to be a whole. other battle just to get around them. >> As officers desperately try to calm the. furious crowd, negotiations with Jose. appear to be going nowhere. So Manx. begins coordinating tactical. preparations for the worst case. scenario. Believing Jose is becoming.

increasingly restless inside the house. And with no update on Lzvet's condition, a dangerous confrontation may soon. become unavoidable. Their next moves. must ensure the victim is saved, no. officer is injured, and ideally that the. suspect is taken into custody alive. >> Okay, with the three of us here, let's. go over uh assignments in case he in. case he does come out. >> cuz we are contact here. >> Yep. >> All right. I need one and go hands. >> I need one lethal. I need one hands and.

one verbal. >> I'll do verbal. >> Waiter's got verbals. I'll take. >> lethal. I'll hold hands. >> So, here's how this is going to work. If. he does come out and he does start. walking this way, Porterfield, you're. gonna stay deadly. Cologne, you're going. to switch to less lethal. Jess, you're. gonna go hands with him. Got it. Yes. And you're going to go voice. >> Jose, this is the same. The front door with your hands up. >> What kind of rifle is it?

>> A loud one. All right. So, whatever we. do, we are not leaving this position. Got it. Even if he comes out, runs back. in, we are not leaving. >> What was that, Wager? >> I said if he starts fighting with him on. the ground and he we see there's nothing. visible in his hands, I'm I'm going to. sling this taser. >> With Sergeant Manx's plan now set in. motion, officers hold their positions, waiting for the green light on whether. Jose will surrender or whether they'll. be forced to escalate the situation and. make entry. But unbeknownst to Sergeant. Manx, he's no longer at the center of.

what happens next. as the final phase of. the standoff is about to be initiated. not by him but by Jose's own son. At this point, with Jose continuing to. resist police commands, his daughter. attempts to call him herself, desperately trying to convince him to. surrender, but the call goes unanswered. Then Jose's 10-year-old son tries. [music] calling him, and this time the. call connects. The father and son speak.

for several minutes before Jose suddenly. hangs up. Although it's unclear exactly. what was said, moments later, Jose calls. officers back with an update they never. saw coming. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Jose.

Okay. [music]. Okay. Against all odds, Jose suddenly says. he's ready to surrender. With adrenaline. racing for everyone on the scene, officers hold their position from all. directions while the sniper watches over. the front entrance, anxiously waiting. for Jose to emerge. But after everything.

that's happened, police have no way of. knowing whether he's telling the truth. or setting up one final ambush. >> Only wager on verbals. >> Let them know that. Let them. >> only wager on verbals. Only wager on. verbals. Stay off PA once he makes uh. his exit. The safe police department at the front. door with your hands. >> STAY AWAY FROM ME. >> STOP. >> STOP. GET IT OFF.

>> Do not move. >> PUT YOUR HANDS OUT. PUT YOUR HANDS OUT. >> DON'T MOVE. After nearly 2 hours of gunfire, failed.

negotiations, and uncertainty, Jose. finally surrenders and is placed in the. back of Officer Garnesh's patrol car to. be transported to the St. Cloud Police. Department. [music]. But even with the shooter out of the. picture, the scene is far from over. With the children's mother still. somewhere inside the house, officers. finally prepare to make entry, only to. realize they're too late. As officers. move through the home, up the stairs, and into the bathroom, they make a. devastating discovery. The children's.

mother, Lizette, lies deceased beside. five spent 9mm casings in a pool of her. own blood. [music] Standing beside her. body, officers are left wondering. whether they could have done things. differently and whether entering sooner. might have ultimately changed the. outcome. As the scene is [music] being secured, Jose has already arrived back at the. station and is placed inside an. interrogation room. Interestingly, as he. waits for a Spanish translator to. arrive, he lies across the table as. though he is the victim, the one who has.

been wronged. When the translator. finally arrives, Jose largely confirms. the story detectives had already heard. from his daughter. According to Jose, two weeks earlier, he placed a recording. device after becoming convinced Liz Vet. was cheating with her boss. Jose claims. he heard another man's voice on the. recording, fueling his paranoia and rage. up until the day of the shooting. The. same day Lzette was preparing to leave. for a work trip. And though Jose admits.

to shooting his wife, perhaps most. revealing of all, he tells detectives he. never retrieved the weapon from the. bathroom because he didn't want to look. at her. Following this harrowing. interrogation, Jose is charged with. first-degree premeditated murder along. with two counts of attempted. first-degree murder of a law enforcement. officer. As [music] of June 2026, he. remains in custody awaiting a trial. date. And while this case left Florida. shaken with how jealousy and insecurity.

transformed a father of two into a. cold-blooded killer, our next case takes. us to Maryland, where a soon-to-be. father unleashes a level of evil that. investigators still struggle to. comprehend. Inside this gas station, Tori is in the middle of a heated. argument with a clerk after refusing to. pay for an iced tea. [music]. And this is where all hell breaks loose.

But police would soon learn this isn't. even Tori's first kill. Because when. officers forced their way through his. front door, they'll uncover even more. victims. >> Police department. search. >> Jesus Christ. Could this be mom? >> You don't want to go back there if you. don't have to. It's pretty bad. This one. right here. >> To watch this exclusive Dr. Insanity. episode along with three more episodes. from our new Tuby series.