konrad schafer entered guilty pleas today that covered the two murders, and nearly two dozen drive-by shootings. wesh 2' s greg fox is live at the courthouse in kissimmee. greg, these crimes really shook >> in the summer of 2013, it was mayhem as police and deputies were investigating shootings into cars, into homes, and these two murders. today, here at the courthouse, konrad schafer admitted to all of those crimes. >> are you entering these pleas of guilty because you are in fact guilty of the crimes you have been accused of? >> yes your honor reporter: konrad schafer finally spoke the words that pooran roopnarine waited two and a half years to hear, the teenager admitting that he is responsible for the brutal execution-style murder of 22-year-old eric roopnarine. the state says, schafer and three others conspired to rob and fatally shoot and stab eric inside his poinciana home. age 18 now, schafer was just 15 when he was arrested. he pleaded guilty to killing roopnarine and, a week earlier, 17-year-old david guerrero of kissimmee. he' ll have to serve a minimum mandatory 25 years,

the trial for konrad schafer is scheduled to start this afternoon. attorney says except the deal-- before the trial starts. years-old... when he was arrested for the murders of eric roopnarine and david guererro. and leesburg police believe they have solved a cold case--thanks to d-n- a. kenneth reed is accused of killing mayola houser nearly a decade ago. police say the now 61-year-old was arrested earlier this week-- in a drug investigation-- and d-n-a samples that were taken from him matched evidence found in houser's home. reed is charged with second degree murder... and is being held at the lake county jail. right now-- crews are still working to clean up lane is still blocked. a car carrier errupted into flames around 9-30 last night in the southbound lanes in mims. firefighters say the truck was hauling at least 4 cars. the fire is now out.. and there are no reports of any injuries. a convicted serial killer has been put to death at the florida state prison. oscar ray bolin was scheduled to be executed at 6 o'clock last night... but a last minute appeal to the u-s supreme court del

meredith: angela: from osceola county konrad schafer, the teen charged in two murders, has confessed to the crimes. schafer was 15 years old when he was arrested, following the execution-style murder of a 22-year-old man, and a drive-by killing of another teen. jim: wesh 2' s greg fox was in court for his plea. and greg, this clears a lot of crimes off the books without a trial. greg: it sure does. when he talked about the number of cases one after another, dragging on for years. instead, family members got to see and hear schafer admit to his brutal crimes. jon morgan: i find that your decision to enter these pleas has been freely and voluntarily greg: konrad schafer said in open court, he did it, he was behind a string of shootings and robberies, including two that ended the lives of 22-year-old eric roopnarine at his home, and 17-year-old david guerrero, who was gunned down near a bus stop. in exchange for pleading to the murders, all other charges will be dropped, and schafer, who was just 15 when he was arrested, will accept a possible life prison sentence. jeff ashton: his best

jim: that' s 18-year-old konrad schafer admitting to the shootings and the murders in open court in kissimmee this afternoon. 22-year-old eric roopnarine and 17-year-old david guerrero were gunned down in separate incidents in the summer of 2013. schafer was said to be the mastermind in a series of shootings and robberies, and for that the state is fighting for life sentences. jeff ashton: when you have two murders as brutal and completely senseless as these were, i just think that those are the sentences we ought to be arguing for, but ultimately it' ll be up to judge morgan. jim: schafer will be sentenced april 15th and must serve a minimum of 25 years. all-new tonight, rockledge police are surfing -- searching for a brazen bank robber with a gun. space coast credit union on u.s. one. he held the gun straight out in front, frightening to customers. he was wearing black from head to toe. his face was fully masked. he had on bright blue shoes. no word on how much cash he stole. meredith: a mystery surrounds the death of this former corrections officer. police do not believe he killed himself.

today, 18-year-old konrad schafer admitted to the shootings and the murders in open court in kissimmee. 22-year-old eric roopnarine and 17-year-old david guerrero were gunned down in separate incidents in the summer of 2013. schafer is believed to be the mastermind in a series of shootings and robberies, and for that the state is fighting for life sentences. >> his best hope is life . for himself on the court, hopefully they give him something been -- less than life. jim: schafer will be sentenced april 15th and must serve a meredith: cold case solved. an arrest is made in a murder dating back more than eight years when this woman, mayola houser, was found suffocated and tied up in her home. this was the crimeline flyer offering a reward for information that would solve the murder. questioned in the case, 61-year-old kenneth reed, was picked up as part of a drug when asked again about his potential involvement in houser' s death and was told his dna was in her home, he allegedly confessed. lt. joe iozzi: putting all those things together, we were able to subsequently charge him with 2n

county teenager may spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting to killing two people, konrad schafer was just 15 years old we went on a shooting spree back in 2013. he confessed to the crime during the hearing yesterday. 17-year-old david huero and another were killed, prrz believe he deserves another sentence. >> when you have senseless murders like this, this is the >> he's scheduled to be sentenced april 15, he faces a minimum of 40 years in prison, one of his codefendants, victoria rios still awaiting trial, two others have already been sentenced. >>> an attempted murder suspect in titusville finally out of the hospital, yesterday zachary pena had his court appearance in a wheelchair, shot by police back in november after he was stabbed, a contractor and a police dog at the space coast regional airport. pena was also the suspect in a double homicide in palm beach county at the time of the stabbing. >>> investigators in marion county say they now know the remains found near a lake belong to. officials say they have identified them as 48-year-old john raviga, said to have mental di

konrad schafer was in court today, where he pled guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. shaffer was just 15 when he was accused of participating in that shooting spree, killing two people in what police called a home invasion robbery. one of the victims' family members told us that that he's >> he knows he did it, and i think him pleading guilty is the best thing for him. >> is it the best thing for your family, too? >> yes, it is. >> shaffer's sentencing scheduled for april the 15th. >>> chaos in the streets of pine hills. what started as two hit-and-run crashes caused by the same driver turned into an attempted carjacking when a good samaritan stepped in. part of pine hills road shut down for nearly two hours earlier today as orange county deputies worked to figure out exactly what happened. the sheriff's office says that peter crashed into a pickup truck and kept driving, when he slammed into a second car, injuring a passenger and a person in the other car. the car ca undriveable, so he took off on foot. when a good samaritan saw what was happening, he followed him, g