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Family 'shot' in burned Florida home of tennis star | |
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Police have said four people found dead in a burned home in Florida were shot with a firearm registered to the father of the family that rented the house. | |
Officials said they were not looking for any other suspects and believed the fire had been intentionally started. | |
The victims had been identified by relatives as a family who rented the home from tennis star James Blake. | |
Mr Blake, 34, was not at the home inside a wealthily Tampa neighbourhood at the time of the fire. | Mr Blake, 34, was not at the home inside a wealthily Tampa neighbourhood at the time of the fire. |
He was one of the top-ranked tennis players in the world in 2006, retiring from competition in 2013 after a 14-year career. | He was one of the top-ranked tennis players in the world in 2006, retiring from competition in 2013 after a 14-year career. |
Mr Blake had rented the $1.5m (£884,468) home in Tampa to the Campbell family for the past two years. | Mr Blake had rented the $1.5m (£884,468) home in Tampa to the Campbell family for the past two years. |
'Lost my family' | 'Lost my family' |
Investigators recovered a gun registered to Darrin Campbell, 49, who rented the home with his family, according to the Hillsborough County Sherriff's Office. | |
Police said Mr Campbell had also purchased "several" petrol cans and $650 (£384) on fireworks days before the fire destroyed their home. | |
Police officers say they believe the fire was started on purpose but would not say how or who was responsible. | |
Mr Campbell had been an executive for several high-profile companies around the US and his wife Kimberly, was a stay-at-home mom. They had two children, Colin, 19, and Megan, 15. | |
Firefighters were called on Wednesday morning to the home. Neighbours told police they heard explosions coming from the house. | Firefighters were called on Wednesday morning to the home. Neighbours told police they heard explosions coming from the house. |
A spokeswoman for the sheriff's office said medical examinations of the deceased were under way on Thursday. | |
Col Donna Lusczynski said they had found gun wounds but had not yet determined exactly how the four people died. She added the deceased had not been formally identified but the family, who lived in the home, were unaccounted for. | |
Kimberly Campbell's father told the Associated Press news agency the family had been close-knit and successful. | Kimberly Campbell's father told the Associated Press news agency the family had been close-knit and successful. |
"I've lost my entire family," Gordon Lambie said from his Michigan home. "It's very tough right now because I'm 1,500 miles away." | "I've lost my entire family," Gordon Lambie said from his Michigan home. "It's very tough right now because I'm 1,500 miles away." |
Mr Campbell had moved to Tampa more than 10 years ago to take a job with a glass container manufacturer, Mr Lambie said, and held a few additional positions before he had taken the past year off work. | |
"We are not looking for any suspects, not at this point in the investigation," Debbie Carter said. | "We are not looking for any suspects, not at this point in the investigation," Debbie Carter said. |
William Weimer, vice-president of Phantom fireworks, confirmed Mr Campbell had bought fireworks on Sunday, describing them as the kind of fireworks usually set off in backyards. | William Weimer, vice-president of Phantom fireworks, confirmed Mr Campbell had bought fireworks on Sunday, describing them as the kind of fireworks usually set off in backyards. |
Mr Weimer said the fireworks could have started a fire but that it would have spread slowly. | Mr Weimer said the fireworks could have started a fire but that it would have spread slowly. |