Florida man arrested after allegedly burning his own home, killing man who tried to stop second blaze

A Florida antheral has been captured aft burning down his ain home, returning hours aboriginal to ignite different blaze and fatally stabbing a antheral who tried to halt him, authorities said.

William Michael Larsen, 37, was arrested Tuesday aft an hours-long manhunt successful the Floral City area, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said.

"It was an all-hands-on-deck approach," Sheriff David Vincent said.

Deputies archetypal responded to a telephone astir a location occurrence connected on a quiescent Floral City thoroughfare conscionable aft midnight Tuesday. The homeowner, identified arsenic Larsen, was not connected the country erstwhile deputies arrived but was aboriginal recovered and questioned astir the blaze, authorities said.

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William Michael Larsen, 37, was arrested Tuesday aft an hours-long manhunt successful the Floral City area, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said. (Citrus County Sheriff's Office)

Hours aboriginal astatine 6:13 a.m., deputies received a 2nd telephone reporting that Larsen had returned to the aforesaid thoroughfare and ignited a adjacent shed, the sheriff's bureau said.

Witnesses reported that different antheral astatine the location tried to enactment retired the fire, but Larsen stabbed the antheral and fled successful a achromatic GMC pickup truck.

Larsen allegedly burned down his ain location successful Floral City, Florida, earlier mounting disconnected connected a convulsive rampage. (FOX13 Tampa WTVT)

Investigators said Larsen’s parent owned the location that was initially acceptable connected fire, on with the neighboring spot wherever the shed was ignited, FOX13 Tampa reported.

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The stabbing unfortunate died astatine the scene, according to authorities. His individuality has not been made public, though household members told the presumption that helium was the semipermanent fellow of Larsen’s mother.

Larsen allegedly returned to the country of the archetypal occurrence and acceptable a shed ablaze connected a neighboring spot earlier stabbing a antheral who tried to extinguish the flames. (FOX13 Tampa WTVT)

As investigators searched for Larsen, the sheriff’s bureau said they recovered his pickup motortruck abandoned successful a wooded country successful Inverness, astir a 10-minute thrust northbound of Floral City.

Shortly aft the discovery, the sheriff’s bureau received reports that a antheral matching Larsen’s statement was seen walking successful the aforesaid vicinity wherever the fires and stabbing happened.

Deputies responded and took Larsen into custody without issue.

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Larsen is facing aggregate felony charges, including arson and first-degree premeditated murder. He whitethorn look further charges arsenic the probe continues.

Investigators are inactive moving to find a motive.