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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3882b287fa3da824b90a2349d164fe4b wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#180404;font-size:14px"><strong>Mother and her two young children were gunned down in the street in Plant City, Florida, about 7am on Sunday and found the family in the bushes next door </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-420fa73ba0279fafeb06b0333c82d069 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#180404;font-size:14px"><strong>Hailey Dempsey, 28, ran half a mile with her daughter, 4, and four-month-old baby after fleeing her home after a verbal altercation with her husband</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8a60a5ffe94bd8dd21702bd0b57091e5 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#180404;font-size:14px"><strong>Police led the home of Hailey&#8217;s mother found the body of Valerie Deboe, 55, who had suffered a single gunshot wound </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e20a161ad6ca12411c1691a29d8df22c wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#180404;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Hailey&#8217;s husband, Jay Dempsey, 27, police believe shot his wife, two daughters and his mother-in-law </strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-057360607d6382252f7e77d0fcf5288c wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#180404;font-size:14px"><strong>Initially detained nearby as a person of interest, Jay Dempsey vanished within hours of his being released due to lack of evidence and remains at large </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hailey Dempsey, [left] ran half a mile with her daughter, 4, and four-month-old baby after fleeing her house after her mother was shot dead, only to be found shot dead along with her children when police arrived. Police believe her husband Jay Dempsey, [right], is the shooter </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A mother and her two young children were gunned down in the street while the father – who was initially detained nearby by police – has vanished after being released due to lack of evidence.<br>Hailey Dempsey, 28, ran half a mile with her two young daughters aged 4 years and four months, after fleeing her house after her mother, Valerie Deboe, was shot dead.<br>Officers responding on Sunday May 3, to reports of a disturbance in the 300 block of West Tever Street. on arrival discovered the two young children deceased inside the home.<br>Hailey Dempsey was located at the scene suffering from gunshot injuries and was transported to a hospital, where she later died. <br>A third daughter was also found at the scene but was not injured<br>Hailey Dempsey who was still alive when paramedics arrived, later died in hospital. A third child was rescued at the scene unharmed.<br>Detectives led to a second location, the home of Hailey&#8217;s mother on North Burton Street, found the body of Hailey&#8217;s mother Valerie Deboe. The 55-year-old woman was dead from a gunshot wound.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police believe father-of-three Jay Dempsey was the shooter. A neighbor saw him putting on a bulletproof vest and loading a large duffel bag into his car on Saturday night. Initially described as a person of interest, he is now considered the prime suspect </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Police investigating the quadruple homicide believe the victim&#8217;s husband, Jay Dempsey, 27, shot his wife, her toddler and her infant, as well the children’s grandmother.<br>Police have identified Jay Dempsey, 27, as a person of interest in the case. Authorities confirmed he was initially detained but later released due to insufficient evidence at the time.<br>One next door neighbor said that after the couple got into a heated argument on Friday, Hailey called police who arrived at the home but left soon after.<br>Then he spotted Jay Dempsey putting on a bulletproof vest and loading a large duffel bag into his car on Saturday night.<br>Jay Dempsey was detained nearby and his arrest photographed by nearby residents.<br>However, neighbors said he was released due to lack of evidence. Police confirmed no one was in custody in relation to the murders.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Hailey&#8217;s husband Jay Dempsey was detained as a person of interest in the shooting death of his family before being released due to &#8216; lack of evidence&#8217;. He then vanished within hours of release</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Investigators later developed information indicating that Jay Dempsey may have been hiding in a wooded area before emerging at 3am on Monday, retrieving his deceased wife’s vehicle, and leaving the area. His current whereabouts have not been publicly confirmed.<br>After Dempsey was released from custody, he left town and later deleted his social media pages. A witness saw him walking out of the woods at 3am on Monday), get into his dead wife&#8217;s car and drive off.<br>As part of the ongoing investigation, Plant City police are asking residents and nearby businesses to review surveillance or doorbell camera footage recorded between 5:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on May 3. Investigators are particularly interested in footage showing a woman walking with three children, which may provide critical insight into the timeline of events.<br>Anyone with information related to the case is urged to contact the Plant City Police Department at 813-763-3316. Authorities emphasize that even small details could be crucial in advancing the investigation.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Jay Dempsey, [left], shot not just his wife Hailey [center], he also shot their four-month- old infant, four year-old-toddler as well as Hailey&#8217;s Mother, according to detectives on the case. He remains a fugitive </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hailey was mourned by friends who said she was a great mother and she and Dempsey were recently discussing their daughter&#8217;s birthday party.<br>Dempsey is an avid shooter with numerous photos of him firing guns and posing with rifles on his now-deleted Facebook page. <br>The father-of-three was one half of local company 2 College Brother Moving &; Storage and heavily involved in F3 Nation &#8211; a network of free, peer-led workouts for men.<br>Multiple family members murdered in Florida slain rampage.<br>Police called for anyone with surveillance or doorbell camera footage of North Burton Street, West Tever Street, or the surrounding area between 5.30am and 7am on Sunday to contact them.<br>&#8216;The Plant City Police Department knows of no credible threats that leads to a belief that there is a threat to the public at this time,&#8217; police said.<br>&#8216;The investigation is very active, searching for leads and clues that allow for forward progress and proper resolution in this case.&#8217;</p>

Florida dad vanishes after he is released by cops due to lack of evidence while investigating shooting deaths of his wife, daughter, 4, four-month-old infant, and their grandmother
