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WEBVTT LFRIEND,LATINA HERRING. JIM: WESH 2'S MATT LUPOLI ISLIVE AT THE HOSPITAL WITH MOREON HOW THE VIOLENT SPREEUNFOLDED. >> THERE IS NO WAY FOR US PREDICT WHAT WAS GOING TO TAKEPLACE.MATT: WORRIED LOVED ONES WAITEDPOUTSIDE TWO HOSPITALS HOPING FORSOME SIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT AFTERTHE UNIMAGINABLE.THIS MAN'S RAMPAGE TOOK ONE LIFEAND LEFT FIVE OTHERS FIGHTINGFOR THEIRS. LATINA HERRING WAS KILLED.>> HARD-WORKING WOMAN TOOK CAREOF HER FAMILY.MATT: HER TWO SONS, JUST SEVENAND EIGHT YEARS OLD, WERE FLOWTO ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FORSURGERY AND CRITICAL CARE.THE BOYS' GRANDFATHER WAS RUSHEDTO CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL.SO WERE TWO BYSTANDERS,INCLUDING A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTWAITING FOR A BUS WHEN THEFLEEING SUSPECT FIRED SHOTS ATWHIM.A NEARBY OFFICER HEARD THOSESHOTS AND SPOTTED SUSPECT ALLENCASHE.HE WAS ARRESTED SHORTLYTHEREAFTER.VCTIM HERRING AND SUSPECT CASHEARGUED BEFORE THE SHOOTING OVERKEYS.AN OFFICER ALLEGEDLY HELPED CALMTHE SITUATION TWICE IN THE SAMENIGHT. CHIEF CECIL SMITH SAYS NO ONESAW COMING A CRIME SCENE THATINVESTIGATORS CALLED THE WORSTTHEY'D WITNESSED. >> WE DID EVERYTHING WE BELIEVEWAS POSSIBLE.WE SEARCHED HIM, WE SEARCHED HISVEHICLE, SEARCHED THESURROUNDINGS AND NO GUN WASFOUND.MATT: A RELATIVE TOLD ME OUTSIDETHE HOSPITAL TONIGHT.RIGHT NOW, FAMILY MEMBERS ARFOCUSED ON PRAYING THAT EVERYONEHURT PULLS THROUGH.

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A woman was killed and her sons, ages 7 and 8, were critically injured in a shooting that also left three other people critically hurt Monday morning in Sanford. Sanford police have arrested Allen D. Cashe, 31, in connection with the death of his girlfriend, Latina Herring, 36. >>Download the WESH 2 News app for iOS and AndroidSanford police said Cashe and Herring were arguing Monday morning at a gas station over property, and Herring approached a police officer about it. The officer settled them down, but sometime later the officer was called to the home where the argument had flared up again. The argument died down again and the officer left. The shooting was reported around 6:30 a.m.WATCH: Witnesses describe shooting at nearby bus stopCashe fatally shot Herring and he also shot her 7-year-old and 8-year-old son and their grandfather, police said. One of the boys is in extremely critical condition, police said. Cashe then drove to West 24th Street near Marshall Avenue and shot two innocent bystanders, including a Winter Springs High School student who was waiting for a school bus. An officer who was in the area heard the gunshots at the bus stop and spotted Cashe driving from the scene. A spokeswoman for the Sanford Police Department called the shooting scene one of the most horrific officers have ever seen. RELATED: WESH 2 investigates suspected shooter's recordInvestigators said the argument was over missing car and house keys. The children were airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando and remain in critical condition. Their grandfather was taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital with critical injuries.The two innocent bystanders were also taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital and are in stable condition. Outside of Arnold Palmer Hospital Monday, family of the young boys waited nervously hoping the boys would pull through. RELATED: Deadly domestic shooting under investigation"Man she (Herring) loved those boys, they just went to the beach, she works every day to provide for them ," said Quinton Jones, a relative of Herring. Jones said his family is angry, but they are trying to stay strong for the boys as they begin their recovery. Court records show Cashe has a significant criminal history. There are 19 criminal cases against him in Seminole County dating back to 2005. They range from battery to armed robbery, to aggravated domestic violence and drug possession. There are four petitions for restraining orders related to domestic violence also dating back to 2005 -- all were dropped for various reasons. There are also at least three criminal cases of battery domestic violence against him, however, none appear related to Monday's shootings. "It's heartbreaking because they're going through this and hopefully they recover, but they're going to be heartbroken again when they find out their mom's not here," Jones said. Cashe will make his first court appearance in Seminole County on Tuesday.