At Rest

Deadly force
Thomas Ciesla had resigned his job as deputy in Collier County three days before appearing armed at the house of his estranged wife's relatives, and holding them hostage until police responded. He then shot his father-in-law Thomas Podejko and another relative Carol Lindner to death, wounded another relative, then fatally shot himself.
This record exists so that Thomas Bruce Podejko, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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