3 Dead, 1 Injured After Florida Hotel Shooting Spree

"ORLANDO, FL — For more than two years, Michelet Polynice told Carlene Pierre that someday he would kill her.

"On Thursday, he did.

"Polynice fatally shot Pierre and a co-worker at a hotel near International Drive, then drove to a nearby resort and shot Pierre's best friend. After leading Orange County deputies on a pursuit through Pine Hills, Polynice committed suicide.

"Pierre, a 28-year-old hotel clerk, told authorities two weeks ago her estranged boyfriend—a man with a long history of violence against several women—choked, punched and threatened to kill her. She was afraid he wouldn't stop until she was dead.

"`He is very jealous, very controlling, he has a temper, anything will set him off and he will start hitting me,` Pierre wrote in a Sept. 12 petition for a domestic violence injunction against 33-year-old Polynice, who a day before ran her over in the hotel parking lot. `I am very afraid for my life.`

"An Osceola County judge granted the request, and on Wednesday night, Orange County deputies served Polynice with an injunction that ordered him to stay away from his ex-girlfriend.

"Hours later, Polynice walked into the Quality Suites and killed Pierre and her 28-year-old co-worker, who has not been publicly identified.

"A witness [said] the shooter walked into the hotel while guests were eating breakfast, waved a gun around and fired one shot into the air. He then opened fire on the two women.

"From there, Polynice drove several miles to the Westgate Lakes Resort and Spa, where he shot Pierre's friend, 31-year-old Jean Guerline. The housekeeper was on her way into work when she was confronted by Polynice. Authorities say the woman is expected to survive."

From SunSentinel.com...