The Brief
- A murder suspect was taken into custody following an hours-long SWAT standoff in Deltona after being barricaded with a gun in his truck.
- Authorities identified 65-year-old John Schmalz-Riedt as the primary suspect in the fatal shooting of his wife earlier that afternoon at an Altamonte Springs home.
- Schmalz-Riedt was booked into the Volusia County Jail on charges of second-degree murder with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A homicide suspect was taken into custody after an hours-long SWAT standoff in Deltona, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The suspect is accused of shooting and killing his wife in Altamonte Springs, police said.
Hours-long SWAT standoff in car
What we know:
The standoff occurred in the area of SR 415 and Howland Boulevard on Aug. 23 as deputies said the man – identified as John Schmalz-Riedt, 65 – sat in his truck with a gun. …