Daughter Leads Police To Her Father's Deadly Murder Rampage

Say clap, police department, make yourself known! Hold on, I think it's the next one. Charge fire, charge fire, charge fire! 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! This is my son! Go! This is her daughter! We're gonna make sure we get everybody! Go! He's got a rifle, okay? He's got a rifle? 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 hallway. He shot the drone. Pull back! Come on, come on. Help me! I don't want to die! It's approximately 6 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 Lisvette, one that's about to completely spiral out of control. 911, what's the address of the emergency? I think my dad just fell asleep. What's the address? My dad is upstairs with the gun. I don't know. He went back to the room. What the f*** is your mom? He just shot her. No, he shot her. He just shot her in my bathroom. How many shots were 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 six 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. Garnesh, 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 feet away from the active shooter's house, waiting for backup. Moments later, additional units of fire are fired. Garnesh, hold there. All units arrive, along with K-9, quickly surrounding the home from both the east and west. Leading the operation is Sergeant Patrick Mannix. 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, Mannix understands the clock is working against him. So he quickly devises an extremely bold strategy. Completely unaware of the danger. And the danger he's about to send his men directly into. The sergeant's plan is straight forward, 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 Mannix 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. The two children are taken to the house, and the two children are taken to the house, and the two children are taken to the house. The two children are taken to the house, and the two children are taken to the house. Discover Pandora Talisman, a new collection designed to help you express every side of who you are. Featuring Zodiac symbols and personalized jewelry pieces, each design is a reflection of what inspires you, what you believe, and how you choose to show up every day. Because the most powerful statement you can make is being yourself. Pandora Talisman, a new language of self-expression. Shop new styles in-store or online at pandora.net. And 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 Mannix 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? They keep asking for it, but I don't know if they ever came through. I'll find out. Thank you. LTD, do you want to put a page out to patrol and 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. So who knows Jose Ortega? They are his kids. Okay, does anyone have a number for Jose? Okay, can I get the number? The computer should have it. Okay. What does your dad do? What is his job? Uh, he builds, like, boats. He builds boats. Okay, how many guns does he have? They have one that's at the end where they had a license for it. Got a knife. Is it a pistol, a rifle? No, I'm not sure. It's a. Handgun, finger gun, handgun? Okay. Yeah, Harrison rifle. Does he have any military experience? No. Okay, thank you, and where are you at? All right, thank you. Give me one sec, just stay right here, okay? Dad's in construction, he has one single handgun, no military, no. Find a better position, find a better position. Okay. Do you know who should be in the house? Uh, they said, I think, mom, but I'll double check. Find out who all the. I've got his number. Okay, who's supposed to be in the house? It was me and him, the body, my mom, and my father. Okay, so the 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 doubt it, he said mom or daughter said she wasn't answering with an "N"? We'll try. All right. Hey, Jose. Hi, this is Patrick in San Capri, Spona, how you doing? I believe we have. Jose, can you hear me? No English? Okay. Do you have any English at all? Spanish, or what do you need? You need Spanish? Okay. Un momento, okay? I'm sorry. He was shooting at the car. He doesn't speak any English. Does your dad speak any English? No units on task. I need one Spanish officer to my position and not one to that for DMT translation. I can get Cologne to you. I'll send him now, when we get the next one, 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, who 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 Cologne, a Spanish-speaking 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 exactly to stop him. So you two are the only ones in the actual house? Yes. Okay. Who called 9-1-1 originally? Well, we all did. Yeah. And then I was like. So originally, who was the first person to call, though? I really don't know. One of you two? One of you two. Okay. So the call kept on failing, so I kept on doing the calling. I heard. Okay. So you two were in the house with mom and dad originally. You guys heard shots, and then you guys left, or. I heard screaming first. I ran upstairs. You were screaming for my name. Huh? You shot her in front of me. What did you see exactly? I saw my mom running, telling her to stop. Him behind her, I didn't understand what was going on. Honestly, I thought it was a fake gun that he was shooting her with, so I saw her, I mean, the blood. 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 while he was fighting, that he was accusing her of cheating, like always. According to Jose's daughter, the attack on their mother was the result of weeks of paranoia over Lisvette'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 realized 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. They have to find a way. Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? Jose? We want to know that everything is fine and to get rid of this, we want to see the whole world, you understand? This is the television that is on. Is that the television that is on? What do you want right now? I don't know, I don't know, I have my mind gone. Get out so we can help you, José. Did you hear me, José? Yes, I heard you. Are you going to go out? Yes, I'm going to go out. José 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 José is either desperately trying to manipulate police or is deeply detached from reality. Either way, negotiators. the investigators 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. José has no intention of surrendering. By now, the standoff has begun taking a visible toll, not only on the officers, but also on Lisvette's children and friends who anxiously wait on the street knowing that every wasted minute could cost the innocent mother her chance at survival. And, unsurprisingly, tensions are about to boil over as one of Lisvette's close friends begins confronting officers over their strategy. I'm not telling you how to do your job, but can. can. can. can you all go in? So, there's a whole set of situations we have to follow, okay? But the longer it takes, the longer she's going to bleed. I hear you. You have to be careful, because then if we start having this. Okay, okay. Okay, can we get an ambulance now? Please, please, please. I understand. Please. So, look, listen to me. Listen to me. So, we have to be careful so that we can. There's nobody else in there, I promise you. I just need somebody to get there. She's bleeding. Take a breather. Please take a breather, okay? She's bleeding on the. upstairs, and the longer it takes, the less the chance she has. Think of it like this, right? Let's say he brought one of his buddies and had him away in there, and if we. He didn't. They just came out of there. If he did, right? We don't know that before. He came alone. If he could have, and if, say, he did, though. He came alone. He was coming in. I understand that, but we don't. we don't know that. We. we. everything we base off of. If we start sending officers to save her, and now they die, it's going to be a whole other battle just to get her out now. As officers desperately try to calm the furious crowd, negotiations with Jose appear to be going nowhere, so Mannix begins coordinating tactical preparations for the worst-case scenario. Believing Jose is becoming increasingly restless inside the house, and with no update on Lisvette'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. Hey, with the three of us here, let's go over assignments in case he does come out. Okay. Because we are contact here. Yep. All right. I'll drop and go hands. I need one lethal, I need one hands, and one verbal. I'll do verbal. Waiter's got verbals. You got 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 going to stay deadly. Cologne, you're going to switch to less lethal. Jess, you're going to go hands with him. Got it? Yes, yes, yes. And you're going to go voice. Jose Otero, this is the Sanctuary Police Department. Come out through the front door with your hands up. What kind of rifle is it? A loud one. All right, and 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 we see there's nothing visible in his hands, I'm going to sling them and that's taser. There you go. With Sergeant Mannix'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 Mannix, 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 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. Officer Colón again. Okay, are you okay? Yes. Why, why are you. I'm going to surrender. Are you going to surrender? Yes, I'm going to surrender. Okay. Okay, Jose. Jose, listen to me. When you go out, go out with your hands up, okay? Do I have the guns here? Leave the guns right there. Open the front door. You're going to go out through the front door without a gun, without anything, okay? If you can take off your shirt, it's better still. 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. Stay off PA once he makes it. Uh, his exit. Stay on zero. This is a safe spot for you to barge in. The last of the front door is your head's truck. Face away from me! Stop! Face away! Stop! Hey, get it off! Do not move! Do not move! Put your hands out! Put your hands out! Don't move! Let me stop! Do not move! Do not move! Do not move! Dave Portnoy here. Something big is coming. September 2nd, DraftKings Game Day. Massive deals. Exclusive deals. 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After nearly two 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. But even with the shooter out of the picture, the scene is full. 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, Lisvette, lies deceased beside five spent 9mm casings in a pool of her own blood. Standing beside her body, officers are left wondering whether they could have done things differently, and whether any of them could have killed her. The fact that they're entering sooner might have ultimately changed the outcome. As the scene is 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 Lisvette 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 Lisvette 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 premed. - Dave Portnoy here. 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