One word tumbled out of the boy who is said to have killed an Orlando man and his 3 sons over and over again as his family visited him Thursday in jail.
“He kept saying he’s sorry,” said the suspect’s father. “He’s sorry for what he did.”
The suspect was drunk, high and speeding, according to St. Petersburg police, when he ran a red light Sunday and rammed a car driven by an Orlando father and his three sons.
The suspect was released from a hospital Tuesday with a broken leg and taken to the Pinellas County Jail, where he is being held on four counts of DUI manslaughter.
His family wasn’t allowed to visit him at the hospital. He’s been under arrest since the crash and was a prisoner at Bayfront Medical Center. Pinellas deputies couldn’t even let the family speak to their son as he was wheeled past them on his way out of the hospital.
Pinellas jail prisoners can only speak to their families via video monitors and telephone handsets. They cannot be in the same room together.
The victim’s family said this week that they want to see the suspect held accountable for the crash, but that they also want to forgive him. That message was finally delivered on Thursday.
“He teared up every time it came up,” the father said. “We explained to him that they forgave him, and he needed to hear that. Feeling the way he’s feeling, I just want to make sure his mind’s okay so that he doesn’t try to hurt himself.
“But he still feels sorry. His heart goes out to them.”
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