Five members of the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) have been suspended for “not acting” during a triple homicide in Tamarac, sources tell REDBROWARD. On Sunday, Mary Gingles, her father David Pozner and her neighbor Andrew Ferrin were allegedly killed by Nathan Gingles, her estranged husband. Gingles did not harm his four year old daughter.
According to our sources, it was an “active shooter situation” when BSO arrived on scene.
According to PEOPLE magazine, Mary Gingles ran to neighbors’ home seeking help while her estranged husband hunted her. Gingles “reportedly [ran] around her neighborhood pleading for help after she was shot,” PEOPLE reported. “Authorities found Mary fatally shot inside the residence of her neighbor Andrew Ferrin.”
According to our sources, five members of BSO who responded to the scene did not engage the shooter.
REDBROWARD is not revealing the names of the BSO employees. Four are assigned to BSO Tamarac.
Below is the official “description of incident” released by BSO on Sunday:
At approximately 6:02 a.m. that morning, Broward County Regional Communications received reports of a shooting in the 9700 block of North Grand Duke Circle in Tamarac. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Tamarac Fire Rescue responded. On scene, deputies located an adult male, David Ponzer, Mary Gingles’ father, suffering from a gunshot wound on the back patio of a home at 5897 North Plum Bay Parkway. Ponzer was pronounced deceased on scene. BSO’s Homicide and Crime Scene units responded to begin investigating the incident.
As part of the investigation, it was learned that a four-year-old child, Seraphine Gingles, was taken from the residence. A statewide Amber Alert was issued for Seraphine shortly after 10 a.m. She was believed to have been taken by Nathan Gingles, Seraphine’s father, who was driving a 2016 silver BMW X3. Multiple BSO resources engaged in the search for the child. Shortly before 11 a.m., BSO’s V.I.P.E.R. (Violence Intervention Proactive Enforcement Response) deputies located the vehicle involved in this incident at 7900 West McNab Road in North Lauderdale. Seraphine was located safe and unharmed, and Nathan Gingles was taken into custody.
During this time, while searching for Mary Gingles, deputies located her deceased from gunshot wounds inside a home at 5888 North Plum Bay Parkway. Additionally, Andrew Ferrin was also found deceased inside that residence from gunshot wounds.
