A third person has died from a shooting at a Fort Lauderdale home that police are investigating as a murder-suicide, with 24-year-old Ryan Kruse succumbing to his injuries six days after being hospitalized. Kruse, Michelle Rodriguez, 24, and 28-year-old Carlos Reyes were all shot at a residence on the 4500 block of Twin Lakes Boulevard on April 4, according to reports gathered on the case.
Police Identify Shooter as Carlos Reyes
Fort Lauderdale police identified Reyes as the man who arrived at the home and opened fire before turning the gun on himself, according to NBC 6 South Florida. The station reported that Rodriguez was killed at the scene, while Reyes was hospitalized but later died from his injuries. CBS News Miami, however, reported that both Rodriguez and Reyes were pronounced dead at the scene, a detail that conflicts with the account given by the other outlet.
Kruse, the second shooting victim, had been fighting for his life in the hospital in the days after the attack, the station's report noted. His death marks the third fatality tied to the incident, according to CBS News Miami, which said Reyes shot both Kruse and Rodriguez before turning the gun on himself.
Motive and Relationships Still Unclear
Investigators have not released any information on the connection between Reyes, Rodriguez and Kruse, nor have they disclosed a motive for the shooting, per the same NBC 6 account covering Kruse's father's plea for updates as his son fought for his life. Police continue to investigate the case as a triple shooting, and the circumstances that led Reyes to the Twin Lakes Boulevard home remain unexplained.
The Fort Lauderdale case echoes another South Florida murder-suicide earlier this year. In January, a 20-year-old Aveda Institute student was killed outside the Broward County school in Davie, and the shooter, a 25-year-old man who had previously been in a relationship with her, later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, as reported by NBC 6 South Florida. Davie police said at the time that the incident was isolated and posed no threat to the community, while Fort Lauderdale police described the Twin Lakes Boulevard shooting as isolated and said they were not looking for a suspect.
No further details about the Fort Lauderdale investigation, including whether charges will be filed or what led to the shooting, have been made public. Police have not said whether the case remains active beyond confirming that Kruse's death raised the toll to three.
