The key facts

  • Police first responded to an argument over ice cream and found no violation of the law
  • An hour later, calls came in about gunfire; the homeowner surrendered himself and confessed to the double murder
  • The detainee claims the neighbors returned with a knife and attacked him

An argument over ice cream ended in gunfire

In Florida, a 69-year-old man shot and killed two neighbors after a dispute over eaten ice cream. People reports this. The conflict took place in a house in a residential neighborhood: police officers responding to the call found three men arguing because someone had eaten someone else's ice cream. The officers found no violation of the law and left.

Second call and confession

An hour later, 911 began receiving calls from local residents frightened by the sounds of gunfire. Police were dispatched to the same address again. Homeowner Mark Lynn Robinson surrendered to law enforcement himself and confessed to the double murder.

The detainee's version

According to Robinson, after the first police visit he feared the neighbors might plan something upon their return, so he took a 12-gauge shotgun and placed it on the couch. The detainee claims the neighbors came back with a knife and lunged at him, after which he fired at them several times. The wounds proved fatal. These explanations remain, for now, only the detainee's own account: the publication does not report on the results of the investigation's verification of his statements and does not specify the charges brought against him.