Rainbow Family kicked from campsite after fatal shooting

Update 12:30 Friday

The Rainbow Family has been given 36 hours to vacate their campsite in the Apalachicola National Forest following a fatal shooting Thursday morning.

A man was shot and killed at the campsite near Wright Lake and two others were taken to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare with life-threatening injuries.

One of the injured men was shot multiple times, and the other, described as a suspect, was stabbed multiple times, according to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

The Sheriff's Office was called to the scene about 2:30 a.m. Thursday and arrived about 40 minutes later. Investigators said members of the Rainbow Family detained the suspect while they waited for help to arrive.

Susan Blake, a spokeswoman for the Forest Service, said the group's permit was canceled because of the active crime scene.

"A crime has been committed there, so we have to contain the site," she said.

The areas of Wright Lake, Hickory Landing and Moore Lake will be closed during the investigation. Blake added that the Forest Service is working with FCSO, which is handling the ongoing investigation.

No arrests have been made, said FCSO Capt. Chester Creamer.

"At this point we're still digging into the case," he said.

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Original story

One man was killed and two were critically injured during a Rainbow Family gathering in Franklin County.

Early Thursday morning, Franklin County deputies were called to the area of Wright Lake, and found one man dead from a gunshot wound and another person with life-threatening injuries from multiple gunshot wounds, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release. A third man, described as the suspect, had been stabbed multiple times.

The two wounded individuals were taken to a Tallahassee hospital, where they were listed in critical condition, the Sheriff's Office said.

None of their names or ages were released.

"At this time, no names are being disclosed pending family notification," the Sheriff's Office said in a release. "However, there are no known local individuals involved in this case."

The Sheriff's Office said the Rainbow Family of Living Light was holding its annual gathering at the end of Wright Lake Road. Several members of the Rainbow Family, a loose-knit group of counter-culture vagabonds, detained the suspect until deputies arrived.

Deputies were called to the scene about 2:30 a.m. and arrived shortly after 3 a.m.

The investigation is ongoing. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the U.S. Forestry Service assisted in the investigation.