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Cape Coral shooting spree victims identified

Posted at 12:35 PM, Jun 08, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-08 16:37:28-04

CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- A Cape community is still torn by tragedy, as family and friends still struggle to make sense of a deadly shooting rampage that unfolded in southern Cape Coral Sunday evening. But we know now who the victims of this tragedy are.

Police say Sunday night, 31-year-old Christopher Moran went on a killing spree. And when it was all over, six people were shot, three of them fatally -- including Moran -- in three different crime scenes.

Three days have since passed, and there are still far more questions than answers in this case.

Four in Your Corner reached out to the police department once again Wednesday, and we still don't know what may have motivated this rampage.

The Cape Coral Police Department did however identify the victims of the shooting incidents on Wednesday.

The motorcyclist that was gunned down, allegedly by Moran, in the 2600 block of Skyline Boulevard South was 54-year old Jeremy Taylor of Cape Coral.

The next crime scene was at the Circle K store on Cape Coral Parkway at Chquita Boulevard.  That's where 26-year-old employee Sean Strickland was fatally shot and 61-year-old customer Richard Huwiler was injured, also allegedly by Moran.

MORE: Friend of Sean Strickland: "He didn't have any enemies."

The final scene was at the intersection of Cape Coral Parkway and Skyline Boulevard, where police tracked down Moran in his car.  A shootout ensued, and Moran was killed.  Also in the car at the time were 32-year-old Maria A. Rodriguez and 14-month-old Christopher Moran, Jr.  Both are still hospitalized.

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There's still no word whether any of the officers involved in that violent exchange with Moran have been placed on administrative leave.