Florida triple murder of 3 tourists was 'senseless,' random, sheriff says

A Florida antheral is accused of shooting and sidesplitting 3 tourists astatine a rental location connected Saturday successful what a sheriff described arsenic a "horrific and senseless" enactment of violence.

Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, 29, was arrested successful transportation with the murders of 3 men who were staying astatine a spot adjacent doorway to his location successful Kissimmee, Osceola County Sheriff Christopher Blackmon told reporters Sunday.

"It was cold-blooded, it was premeditated, determination was perfectly nary issues," Blackmon said. "There was nary struggle betwixt these people. This was conscionable random. And this happened to beryllium the idiosyncratic who lived adjacent door."

Deputies responded astir 12:13 p.m. Saturday to a shooting astatine a subdivision adjacent Kissimmee and discovered the bodies of 3 big males successful beforehand of the rental home. All 3 men suffered evident gunshot wounds.

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

Blackmon said the 3 victims were stuck astatine the rental location aft having conveyance occupation and had extended their enactment for 1 time to hold for service.

Two of the victims person been identified arsenic Robert Luis Kraft, 69, of Holland, Michigan, and his member Douglas Joseph Kraft, 68, of Columbus, Ohio, the sheriff said. The 3rd unfortunate was identified arsenic James Puchan, 68, a person from Ohio, FOX35 Orlando reported.

Blackmon said the shooting was "cold-blooded" and random. (FOX35 Orlando WOFL )

Deputies recovered Bojeh wrong his location adjacent doorway astir an hr later, the sheriff said. Bojeh was arrested connected 3 counts of premeditated execution and 1 number of resisting apprehension without violence, according to online jailhouse records.

Bojeh lived astatine a location adjacent doorway to the rental wherever the victims were murdered, authorities said.  (FOX35 Orlando WOFL )

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Blackmon described Bojeh arsenic a "frequent flier to the sheriff's office."

"I tin archer you helium was a menace to that vicinity each the time," Blackmon said.

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)

Bojeh was antecedently arrested successful 2021 aft being accused of shooting astatine a idiosyncratic and random cars successful a Kissimmee state presumption parking lot, though tribunal records amusement helium was aboriginal "acquitted by crushed of insanity," according to tribunal records obtained by WKMG-TV.

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Bojeh was booked into the Osceola County Jail for the alleged triple execution and was held without bond.

The sheriff said the execution probe is ongoing.