What happened to Angela Sutton Washington? 15-year-old arrested in fatal shooting of army veteran in Florida
Olivia House
Published Jan 06, 2026
Last week, Orlando Police Office in Florida declared that 15-year-old Samuel Stevens has been accused of shooting and killing Desert Tempest veteran Angela Sutton Washington. Stevens was captured four months after the occurrence occurred on February 7, 2023, when Angela, 61, went to a general store in the North Path Court strip shopping center in Orlando, Florida. Specialists found her lying on the walkway and endeavored to save her life, however she capitulated to her wounds.
The casualty routinely visited the Florida strip shopping center, frequently coming by the general store returning. Samuel Stevens presently faces a charge of first-degree murder which conveys a most extreme sentence of life in jail without any chance to appeal.
On February 7, Angela was struck by a wanderer shot while shopping at the North Path Square strip shopping center in Orlando, Florida. According to the New York Post, the reconnaissance video uncovered a showdown between a gathering of teenagers and young fellows at the Florida shopping center, during which one individual displayed a gun and discharged the fired that unfortunately hit Angela. Not long after the occurrence, a dull Mazda 3 was seen escaping from the shopping center’s parking garage.
In Spring, officials expressed their conviction that Angela was not the planned objective of the shooting. They demonstrated that numerous people were available in the Florida strip mall at the hour of the shooting and encouraged them to offer any data.
A reconnaissance video from the region uncovered a little group before the Florida store, comprising of seven to nine guys who were reasonable the planned targets.
Florida cop, Criminal investigator Spike Sharp, underlined during a public interview that the homicide was silly and portrayed the Florida inhabitant, Angela Sutton Washington, as an esteemed individual from the local area, a tactical veteran of Desert Tempest, and a cherished girl, mother, and grandma.
Following Angela’s demise, her child, Fernando Washington asked the local area to resolve the issue of viciousness. Diocesan Kelvin Cobaris, a local area advocate, communicated his grievousness over the way that a teen was recognized as the superb suspect in the lethal shooting of a devoted her lady life to serving the country and was pointlessly brought somewhere near brutality.
The expanded firearm brutality in the nation has brought about mass shootings, murders, and accidental tragedies. A report by AP records the new high-profile shootings that have occurred in the country.
In Henryetta, Oklahoma, on April 30, an enlisted s*x wrongdoer unfortunately shot and killed his significant other, her three kids, and their two companions prior to ending his own life. The casualties’ bodies were found in a vigorously lush region on a rustic property.
Bowdoin, Maine, saw the deficiency of four lives on April 18, when a man as of late let out of jail started shooting in a home, likewise harming three others along a bustling parkway in an adjoining local area. On April 15, at a party in Dadeville, Alabama, four youngsters lost their lives, and 32 others supported gunfire wounds. Two teenagers and a 20-year-old were charged and captured.
Louisville, Kentucky, saw a sickening occasion on April 10, when a worker entered the Old Public Bank and shot and killed five people while livestreaming the assault. The shooter was subsequently shot and killed by the police.
Different episodes incorporate a taking shots at a Lunar New Year dance in Monterey Park, California, on January 21, the killing of six people at a Walmart outlet in Chesapeake, Virginia, during a representative gathering on November 22, 2022, and an assault at a gay club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 19.