A 72-year-old Kissimmee man, Alberto Gonzalez Sr., died after a violent confrontation with his son that began on October 20, 2023. An argument in a restaurant parking lot preceded the two leaving together in a gray pickup that later crashed near West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway and Bass Road. They then went to the Knights Inn Motel on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway near Old Vineland Road, where the dispute escalated.

Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and seeing Alberto Jose Gonzalez-Velazquez Jr. stab his father multiple times and then run him over with the pickup before fleeing. Deputies found Gonzalez Sr. with life-threatening injuries, including seven stab wounds; he was taken to HCA Florida Osceola Hospital and died on October 22, 2023. The Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death homicide.

Gonzalez-Velazquez Jr. was apprehended near an Aldi in Davenport, reportedly covered in blood and in possession of a bloody knife. He was initially booked on attempted murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon; after the father’s death his charges were upgraded to premeditated first-degree murder. Does anyone have information about the events at the motel or the restaurant parking lot that led to this escalation?