A mother is dead and three others — including the woman's two children and her father — are in critical condition after a Monday morning shooting in Sanford, police say. 
 
 Sanford Police Chief Cecil E. Smith described the shooting as a "domestic that went wrong." 
 
 Mother dead, 5 people hurt after shooting 
 
 2 boys, ages, 7 and 8, among injured in Sanford 
 
 Shooter identified as 31-year-old Allen Cashe 
 
 Allen Cashe is accused of killing one, shooting five others is now heading to jail @MyNews13 pic.twitter.com/PIzw9Peqb0 — Bailey Myers (@BaileyMyers_) March 27, 2017 
 
 Allen D. Cashe, 31, was taken into custody Monday morning and faces a slew of charges, including first-degree homicide, after he reportedly shot six people following what police are calling a domestic-related argument that escalated over three hours into a deadly shooting rampage. 
 
 The incident began at about 3:20 a.m. when Sanford Police officers were approached at a Wawa convenience store located at 2690 W. 25th St. 
 
 The reporting victim, 35-year-old Latina Herring, stated Cashe had the keys to her home and wouldn't return them. While speaking to Herring, Sanford Police received a 911 call from Cashe, who stated the victim had the keys to his vehicle. 
 
 The victim returned the keys to Cashe, and both people left the gas station separately, a report states. 
 
 About 20 minutes later, at 3:37 a.m., the Sanford Police Department received a 911 call reporting a battery on a female who was walking in the area of West 25th Street and Ridgewood Avenue. The caller stated they received the information from a third party. 
 
 Sanford officers weren't able to locate the victim in the area. However, they did receive an additional 911 call stating the subject had a gun. 
 
 Based on information given from the 911 caller, officers determined it was Herring and Cashe. Officers arrived at the home at 209 Hays Drive and found the two in a verbal argument in the front yard of the home, arguing over Cashe returning the woman's keys. 
 
 According to Sanford Police, officers searched Cashe and his vehicle for weapons, but nothing was found. The keys to the home were located inside the home, not on Cashe or in his vehicle, a report states. 
 
 A report states Cashe collected some of his clothing and was preparing to leave the area when Herring brought out a bag. She told officers at the scene that it contained more of the man's belongings, but Cashe refused to take the bag and left the scene. 
 
 Herring, according to police, asked officers to take the bag. Inside was a Glock 22 handgun and ammunition. 
 
 About three hours later at about 6:20 a.m., officers patrolling the area heard gunshots in the area of Hartwell Avenue and then observed a white vehicle driving erratically away from the area. 
 
 At 6:22 a.m., the Sanford Police Department began to receive 911 calls stating a shooting occurred at the home at 209 Hays Drive. 
 
 A male victim, identified as 60-year-old Bertis Gerard Herring Jr., was outside of the home yelling for help. 
 
 Five minutes later, officers arrived at the home and found Latina Herring inside the home. She was pronounced dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Officers then found two of the woman’s sons, ages 7 and 8, inside the home also suffering from apparently gunshot wounds. 
 
 An additional victim, Lazaro Paredesquelite, 43, was found on the ground near the baseball fields at Cedar Creek with apparent gunshot wounds. 
 
 Sanford Police officers began following the white vehicle at 6:28 a.m. leaving the area of the shooting and heading to Seminole Gardens Apartments. Cashe attempted to run away from the vehicle, but he was taken into custody. An AK-47 rifle was found on Cashe when he was taken into custody, police said. 
 
 Another victim, Rakeya Jackson, 18, arrived at Central Florida Regional Hospital at about 6:29 a.m. with apparent gunshot wounds. She was standing at her bus stop located on Cedar Creek Circle when Cashe reportedly shot her, police said. She attends Winter Springs High School. 
 
 The two sons were taken to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, where they are listed in critical condition as of 4 p.m. Monday. 
 
 Their grandfather, Bertis Gerard Herring Jr., was transported to Central Florida Regional Hospital, where he remained in critical condition as of 4 p.m. Monday. Paredesquelite and Jackson were both taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital and are in stable condition. 
 
 "Understanding senseless and violent incidents such as this is never easy and will often never make sense," Sanford Police Chief Cecil E. Smith said in statement. "A mother has lost her life, and three others — including two young boys — remain fighting for their lives. Two others were shot as they started their day, including a high school student just waiting for her school bus to come. There are no words to describe this morning's scene. I am just proud my officers were able to take him off the streets before he could take any more lives." 
 
 Cashe is charged with one count of first-degree homicide, four counts of attempted first-degree premeditated homicide, one count of second-degree attempted homicide, one count of felon with a firearm and one count of violation of parole — felon with a firearm. He was taken to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Monday afternoon. 
 
 Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Sanford Police Department or Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477). 
 
 Grief counselors will be at Seminole County schools 
 
 "I am saddened to hear of the domestic violence related shooting that took place in Sanford this morning. It appears that three of the victims attend Seminole County Schools. We are working with both the Sanford Police Department and Seminole County Sheriff's Department to determine the students' names and schools. Grief Counselors will be availabe at all affected schools' tomorrow. Our hearts go out to the families of these young and innocent children." — Walt Griffin, Ed.D., Superintendent, Seminole County Public Schools (SCPS) 
 
 Sanford mayor releases statement following shooting 
 
 Mayor Jeff Triplett said he is deeply saddened by this tragic incident involving our residents. Below is a full statement: 
 
 "Domestic violence is a reality in society that doesn't distinguish itself among race, creed, location, color or class. The city of Sanford can rest assured its citizen are safe thanks to the quick apprehension of the suspect by the Sanford Police Department The city of Sanford sends our thoughts and prayers out to the families and those affected by this senseless act of violence." ||||| SANFORD — A shooting spree that ended with a woman dead and five others injured began with an argument over keys. 
 
 It was just after 3:30 a.m. Monday, and Latina Herring and her boyfriend, Allen Dion Cashe, were quarreling on the front lawn of the Hays Drive home where she lived with her father and two young sons. Cashe, who has a long criminal history, had the keys to the house and would not give them back, she told police. 
 
 Police showed up but said they had no reason to arrest Cashe. 
 
 About 6:20 a.m., Herring, 35, was shot and killed, and her sons, 7 and 8, were critically hurt. Her father, Bertis Gerard Herring Jr., 60, was outside, injured and yelling for help. 
 
 Police said that as Cashe, 31, ran through the neighborhood, he shot two others: Winter Springs High School student Rakeya Jackson, 18, who was waiting for her bus, and Lazaro Paredesquelite, 43, who was near a baseball field. 
 
 “There is no way for us to predict what is going to take place,” Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith said. “We did everything we believe is possible.” 
 
 Bertis Herring survived but was in critical condition late Monday. Jackson and Paredesquelite were in stable condition. 
 
 Neighbor Arlene Bush said she heard about a dozen gunshots, with a pause between each, and ran outside to see Bertis Herring on the ground. 
 
 “When I looked at that man, I didn't know if he was going to make it,” she said. 
 
 Dominique Smith, 17, was waiting for a school bus near Hartwell Avenue with three classmates when she noticed Cashe, dressed in all black, and realized he had a gun. He started running, and everyone scattered, she said. 
 
 Dominique later stood on Hays Drive with her mom, watching the police investigate. 
 
 “I seen all this,” she said. “I don't even feel safe right now.” 
 
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 Cashe was arrested within 10 minutes, after a Sanford police officer spotted him and followed him to Seminole Garden Apartments. He had an AK-47 rifle on him, police said. They haven’t disclosed what kind of gun was used to kill Latina Herring. 
 
 Cashe has a violent arrest history, much of it directed at women, according to Seminole County court records, and he is currently on probation. 
 
 In 2013 he bashed in the windows of his girlfriend’s car with a baseball bat. A few months earlier, a UPS man called 911 when he saw Cashe on top of a different girlfriend, pummeling her with his fists. 
 
 In 2010, he pointed a gun at a relative and the woman he was with and said, “If I wasn’t on county GPS, I would pull the trigger and kill both of you,” according to an arrest report. 
 
 Prosecutors dropped charges in each of those cases. 
 
 But in 2012, a Seminole County jury convicted him of punching a different girlfriend in the face several times in the Casselberry home they shared, and he wound up serving five months in jail. 
 
 He also has been convicted on drug and gun charges. 
 
 Four people — not including Latina Herring — petitioned for domestic-violence injunctions against Cashe in the past 12 years. A judge granted one request in 2005. 
 
 Jeanne Gold, CEO of SafeHouse of Seminole, which has an emergency shelter for domestic-violence victims, said the shooting was a sad situation. 
 
 She said she doesn’t know all the facts, but these situations typically have a perpetrator who needs “power and control” over the victim. The person can resort to violence if that power and control are lost, she said. 
 
 “Why else would you give violence and pain to someone you love or profess to love?” she said. “When you lose control, who [knows] what he is capable of?” 
 
 Latina Herring and Cashe began arguing about the keys about 3:20 a.m. at a Wawa gas station, and the fight continued at Herring’s home but never got physical, police said. A caller whom Herring identified as her ex-boyfriend called 911 to report that Herring had been battered and Cashe had a gun, according to an arrest report. 
 
 When the police showed up, they searched Cashe and his car but didn’t find any weapons. The keys were found on a nightstand in Herring’s bedroom. 
 
 Cashe told officers he just wanted to get his belongings, and Herring came out with a book bag she said was his. But Cashe wouldn’t take it. After he left, police found a loaded Glock .22-caliber handgun, two loaded magazines for the Glock, five empty boxes of .40-caliber ammunition, a loaded rifle magazine and a loaded drum magazine, the report states. 
 
 As a convicted felon, Cashe cannot legally possess a gun, but officers had no cause to arrest him because they couldn’t know whether the weapon really belonged to him, the Sanford police chief said. 
 
 The shooting left neighborhood residents and community members shaken. 
 
 Gwen McKinney said she worked with Herring at a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and described her as a strong, hardworking mom. 
 
 Herring loved her boys more than anything and always worked hard for them, she said. She had been living in the house on Hays Drive with her father since her mother’s death about a year ago, McKinney said. 
 
 The boys’ paternal grandfather, Theodore Jones, said he is praying for them. 
 
 "They ain't got their mother, but they have their granddaddy and daddy and God on their side," he said, tears welling up in his eyes as he spoke outside Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, where his grandsons were in critical condition. "…They [are] strong. They are going to fight." 
 
 Rene Stutzman and David Harris of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. sallen@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5417
– A man has been arrested in a series of shootings in Sanford, Fla., that police say killed his girlfriend and injured her two young sons, her father, and two other people Monday, the Orlando Sentinel reports. A few hours before the 6am shooting, the suspect and his girlfriend were fighting at a gas station; she said he wouldn't return the keys to her home, while he said she had the keys to his vehicle. A police officer separated them; shortly after that, someone called police to report that the fight was continuing on the front lawn of a nearby home. An officer went to the house to talk to the couple, during which time someone else called police to report that the suspect, 31-year-old Allen Dion Cashe, had a gun. Since the officer couldn't find a gun, Cashe was allowed to leave, and the woman gave the officer a bag of Cashe's belongings—including a gun. Hours after that officer left, a shooting was reported at the house. Police say the shootings inside the home left the woman, 35-year-old Latina Herring, dead, her father in critical condition, and her two boys, ages 7 and 8, hospitalized in critical and extremely critical condition. One of the boys is "fighting for his life," per a police spokesperson. After the shootings, Cashe allegedly ran off and opened fire at bystanders near a school bus stop; a man and a high school student were injured, but are in stable condition. A police officer who heard the second set of shootings followed Cashe and took him into custody at a nearby apartment complex; a gun was found in his vehicle. A neighbor says the woman who was killed got "messed up with the wrong people" when she recently got involved with Cashe, who has a criminal record. Cashe faces multiple charges including first-degree homicide, News 13 reports.