A gunman went on a rampage at a South Florida apartment complex yesterday, killing six people before a SWAT team fatally shot him and rescued two neighbors he held hostage, police said.
The standoff erupted Friday evening after an argument between the shooter, identified by cops as Pedro Vargas, 42, and his elderly landlords in the Miami suburb of Hialeah.
Vargas lived with his mother in a fourth-floor apartment and may have been facing eviction, authorities said.
Cops say the disgruntled tenant set fire to his apartment around 6:30 p.m. before killing building managers Italo Pisciotti, 78, and Camira Pisciotti, 68.
When emergency crews arrived, Vargas began firing from a balcony and gunned down a father who was escorting his son to safety.
?From up there he was able to shoot at people across the street, catching this one man who was just walking into his apartment,? Sgt. Eddie Rodriguez said.
Vargas blasted his way into a third-floor apartment and killed all three of its tenants ? including a 17-year-old girl who was holed up in the bathroom.
He barricaded himself with two hostages inside a fifth-floor apartment for eight hours before a SWAT team stormed the complex at 2 a.m. and shot Vargas.
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