Riverview murders
| Riverview murders | |
|---|---|
Location of Riverview in Hillsborough County | |
| Location | Riverview, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27°48′06″N 82°17′56″W / 27.8018°N 82.2990°W |
| Date | March 18, 2018 11:43 – 11:53 p.m. (EDT) |
Attack type | Familicide, double-murder, child murder, uxoricide, filicide, attempted murder, shooting, stabbing, arson |
| Deaths | 2 (Kenyatta Barron, aged 33 Ron'Niveya O'Neal, aged 9) |
| Injured | 1 (Ronnie O'Neal IV) |
| Perpetrator | Ronnie O'Neal III |
| Motive | Unknown |
| Verdict | Guilty on all counts |
| Convictions | |
| Sentence | Three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 90 years |
On March 18, 2018, in Riverview, Florida, 29-year-old Ronnie O'Neal III fatally shot his ex girlfriend, 33-year-old Kenyatta Barron, and hacked their 9-year-old daughter, Ron'Niveya O'Neal, to death with a hatchet. He stabbed their 8-year-old son Ronnie O'Neal IV, who survived and told detectives "My father shot my mother" before being medically evacuated to a Tampa hospital.
O'Neal was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated child abuse, one count of arson, and one count of resisting a law enforcement officer. On July 23, 2021, he was given three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus 90 years.