6 more officers fired over handling of domestic violence-fueled triple homicide in South Florida

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Mary Gingles death: 6 more officers fired over handling of domestic violence-fueled triple homicide in South Florida | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/13/us/florida-deputies-fired-mary-gingles-killing-hnk



A South Florida sheriff’s office has fired six more deputies and disciplined 11 others for their handling of the case of Mary Gingles, a woman who investigators say was murdered by her estranged husband after she had warned officers for months that she feared he would kill her. Two officers had previously been dismissed for their role in the case.

An internal investigation found that multiple Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies failed to properly investigate Gingles’ reports of domestic violence perpetrated by her husband, Nathan Gingles, before he allegedly carried out the triple homicide of his wife, her father, David Ponzer, and her neighbor Andrew Ferrin, as the Gingles’ four-year-old daughter begged her father to stop.

Nathan Gingles has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.

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The IA investigation also revealed that on Feb. 16, 2025, once BSO deputies received a report of the shooting-in-progress call in Mary Gingles’ Tamarac neighborhood, the sergeant overseeing the call “instructed responding deputies to meet at a rally point prior to responding to the shooting call,” BSO’s announcement states. 


That decision, said Tony, was a violation of BSO’s Active Shooter policy, which states, “(D)eputies responding to active threat(s) incidents shall attempt to protect the life of innocent persons through immediate tactical intervention to eliminate the threat.”

“The public needs to know that our training is clear – responding deputies must move toward the gunfire and deal with the threat. Period,” Tony said. “There’s no staging. There’s no rally point. There’s no ambiguity. In an active shooter situation, seconds matter. They’re the difference between life and death.

“I promise this community and the families of Mary Gingles, David Ponzer, and Andrew Ferrin that we will learn from these failures. Their deaths will not be in vain.”
The city of Tamarac in a statement Friday said the killings of Gingles, 34, Ponzer, 64, and Ferrin, 36, “has left us heartbroken, seeking solace, understanding, resolutions, and answers.” 

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