Florida madman stalked tourists near Disney before allegedly killing them in random attack: family

Three men who were waiting for assistance aft car occupation were stalked from a region earlier they were allegedly gunned down by a "frequent flyer" with the transgression justness strategy successful Florida, the victims' families said.

According to a associated connection from their families shared with Fox News Digital, the men had traveled to Central Florida to be the Mecum Car Show, the world’s largest collector car auction, and were staying astatine an Airbnb. The families said that the fishy eyed the victims astatine a region earlier they were changeable and killed.

"There were nary known interactions betwixt the men and this idiosyncratic anterior to the event; they were past approached and senselessly murdered," the household said. "This was a random, tragic act."

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office responded to aggregate 911 calls reporting shots fired astatine 12:14 p.m. Saturday successful the Indian Point subdivision. When deputies arrived, they discovered 3 men dormant successful beforehand of the residence, each suffering from fatal gunshot wounds.

The victims were identified arsenic Robert Luis Kraft, 70, of Holland, Michigan; his member Douglas Joseph Kraft, 68, of Columbus, Ohio; and James John Puchan, 69, besides of Columbus. (Provided by Family)

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The victims were identified arsenic Robert Luis Kraft, 70, of Holland, Michigan; his member Douglas Joseph Kraft, 68, of Columbus, Ohio; and James John Puchan, 69, besides of Columbus.

The men, according to the household statement, were preparing to question location connected Saturday but were forced to widen their enactment owed to rental car trouble. The "random" shooting happened arsenic they were lasting extracurricular the residence waiting for a replacement rental car to arrive.

The fishy was identified arsenic 29-year-old Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, who lived adjacent doorway to the rental property.

According to the sheriff’s department, authorities observed Bojeh fly to his residence soon aft the shooting, wherever helium was aboriginal detained and recovered with 2 firearms. He has been charged with 3 counts of first-degree murder.

Bojeh had aggregate anterior encounters with the transgression justness strategy earlier Saturday’s deadly shooting, including a 2021 lawsuit successful which helium was charged with attempted first-degree execution with a firearm and aggravated artillery aft allegedly shooting astatine a idiosyncratic and random vehicles successful a Kissimmee state presumption parking lot.

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Court records obtained by Fox News Digital amusement Bojeh was aboriginal recovered not blameworthy by crushed of insanity successful that case.

Additional records amusement Bojeh had anterior arrests for felony cause possession and misdemeanor resisting an serviceman without violence, reflecting years of repeated interaction with instrumentality enforcement.

Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, 29, was booked into the Osceola County Jail connected 3 counts of premeditated murder. (Osceola County Jail)

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier criticized the ineligible loopholes that allowed Bojeh's anterior release.

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"Across the country, we spot convulsive criminals getting to locomotion free, backmost into society, due to the fact that of insanity defenses," Uthmeier told Fox News Digital.

Uthmeier is present calling connected the Florida Legislature to constrictive the insanity defence to guarantee convulsive offenders enactment confined successful either situation oregon intelligence institutions.

"We won’t tolerate leftist prosecutors releasing murderers and convulsive criminals to wounded our families," helium said.

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Bojeh was arrested successful transportation with a erstwhile shooting incidental successful 2021, but was aboriginal "acquitted by crushed of insanity," according to tribunal records obtained by WKMG-TV. (Osceola County Sheriff's Office)

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Bojeh was denied enslaved during his archetypal tribunal quality connected Sunday. The probe remains progressive arsenic authorities enactment to corroborate if the recovered weapons were utilized successful the murders.

"There is nary menace to the community, arsenic a fishy of these horrific and senseless murders has been caught and arrested by Osceola County deputies," Osceola County Sheriff Christopher Blackmon said.

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Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.