Mother and daughter shot at Santa Rosa County rest stop

A Texas man allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend, her daughter and then turned the gun on himself Monday night in an apparent murder-suicide in Santa Rosa County, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol.

The FHP responded to a report of shots fired with multiple victims at around 9:15 p.m. Monday at the 30-mile marker rest area of Interstate 10.

Jessica Ileen Quinones, 35, and her 18-year-old daughter, Destiny Salia Snider, were stopped at the rest stop and in their vehicle when Quiones' ex-boyfriend, Larry Donell Stuart, 46, of Dallas, arrived at the rest stop. Witnesses report that Stuart exited his vehicle and appeared to search the parking lot for a vehicle among the parking spaces.

Witnesses say Stuart approached the vehicle with the mother and daughter, took out a gun and fatally shot Quinones and wounded the younger female. Stuart then turned the weapon on himself where he suffered from one fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Quinones and Stuart were pronounced dead at the scene. Snider, who was shot twice, was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital with serious injuries.

Quinones and her daughter were on their way to Quinones' sister's home in Melbourne, Florida. Both victims and the alleged shooter were from Dallas, Texas.

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