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Man kills six grandchildren in US shooting

A man killed his daughter and six grandchildren, the youngest just three months old, in a mass shooting at a house in the US state of Florida.

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Don Charles Spirit.

The shooter, identified as Don Charles Spirit, 51, then killed himself after the incident in the small town of Bell, Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz said.

“I haven’t seen anything like this at all,” Schultz told a press conference.

“This county, this community is going to be devastated from this. It is a small county, we are all family here.

“We’re asking for prayers for this community and the families involved.”

Police received a 911 call around 4pm on Thursday local time (7am AEST) and found the bodies of Sarah Spirit, 27, and the children at the home in Bell, west of Gainesville.

The oldest child was age 10.

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