Father of children killed in Floral City learned of shooting on Internet, says he's "in a shambles"

Father of children killed in Floral City learned of shooting on Internet, says he's "in a shambles"
Nov 1, 2008
The father of two of the three children killed Friday in Floral City said Saturday that he's "in a shambles" over the deaths of his family.

Tony Lietz, 25, of Holiday said he found out what happened after a somewhat ambiguous call from the Citrus County Sheriff's Office sent him to check the Bay News 9 Web site. That's where he learned that his high-school sweetheart, 23-year-old Alicia Chomic, and her three children had been shot to death.

"You don't expect something like that to happen," Lietz said Saturday, still sounding shaken. "I'm devastated...As far as I knew, everybody was happy. This was out of the blue."