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On July 17, 2016, 88-year-old Cynthia Zingsheim was fatally shot in her room at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, Florida. The shooter, 29-year-old David Owens, reportedly entered the hospital in the early morning armed with a handgun, went to the third floor and shot Zingsheim and a 36-year-old hospital employee, Carrie Rouzer. Owens left the gun in the room and attempted to flee but was quickly subdued by two unarmed security guards and arrested.

Owens was booked into the Brevard County Jail and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. His criminal history noted a 2011 conviction for battery on a police officer, several arrests for drug possession and domestic battery with some dismissals, and a 2012 court-ordered mental health examination. Initial findings described the attack as random, with no known connection between Owens and the victims.

Was anyone familiar with Cynthia Zingsheim or present at Parrish Medical Center that morning able to provide further details about her or the events that followed?