A man police say murdered a mother and her three children in Lake Wales is now dead after a shootout with law enforcement in Sanford. Police say 38-year-old Al Stenson of Lake Wales shot and killed his 40-year-old girlfriend and her three children — a 21-year-old man along with a 17-year-old and an 11-year-old in an apartment at Sunrise Apartments on Dawnlight Drive. The shooting happened around 5 a.m. Tuesday, and police believe Stenson took off immediately after committing the murders. But police said they weren't notified of the crime until just before 9 p.m. when officers responded to the Lake Wales apartment regarding a medical call. When they got there, they found four people dead. By Wednesday morning, local detectives were brought to Sanford to work with the police department and Seminole County Sheriff's Office when a car identified as belonging to Stenson was found across the street from the Slumberland Motel. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/shooting-lake-wales-man-killed-sanford-al-stenson/67-6722ef41-012e-436a-a2c3-72ff8d991518 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay