According to Broward Sheriff’s Office event reports obtained by the , Miami Herald, the weapon an Army veteran used to kill his wife, her father, and a cousin in a crime spree that shocked a quiet , Broward , area was one of a dozen arms and more than 600 rounds of ammunition that representatives seized a year before the murders.
According to reports, Nathan Gingles, 43, had more than 40 weapon and related equipment seized by BSO representatives in , February 2024; this was after a , Broward , judge granted his family, Mary Catherine Gingles, a temporary restraining order against him. On the same day as the restraining purchase, representatives collected 12 weapon, six blockers, and more than 600 rounds of ammunition.
Records indicate that the firearms were primarily guns, but there were also some firearms, including a , Remington Model , 1100, and a Ruger.22 weapons.
According to records, the weapon he is accused of using in the , Tamarac , death rampage was a Black , Sig Sauer , P320. The P320 redefines the current handgun, according to the site of the , Sig Sauer , a military beloved:” Selected by all branches of the , U.S.  , defense, as well as law enforcement agencies across the country and around the world, it redefines the current handgun.
According to Army data, Nathan served in the , U.S. Army , from , February 2011 , to , January 2019. He was deployed to , Afghanistan , from , July 2013 , to , January 2014. Mary also resigned as a commander in the Army in 2016 and until 2020. No operations took place for her.
One of the three persons killed on Sunday night in Tamarac, Mary Gingles, was concerned about her separated husband’s weapons. She described Nathan as “heavily armed” with” semi-automatic, weapons, and more powerful weapon” with shotguns that she believed he would use to remove her in her petition for divorce in February 2024.” as what else would he have shotguns for.
Seven months later, in September 2024, BSO recalled the arms to Gingles, citing the restraining order’s raising. In order to share custody of their 4-year-old child Seraphine, the couple entered a “no-harmful email order” as part of their marriage decree.
According to researchers, Nathan traveled to Mary’s house on North Plum Bay Parkway where he fatally shot her father, 64-year-old David Ponzer, who was drinking coffee on the back garden six weeks after returning his arms, first on February 16th, 2018. After that, Nathan chased Mary, 34, down the street before she fled into the home of Andrew Ferrin, 36, who was asleep nearby.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Mary and Ferrin were shot dead inside the child’s 4-year-old child inside their home. The girl’s disappearance was therefore reportedly the result of Nathan’s abduction, leading to the arrest of him in a Walmart in North Lauderdale. He faces numerous charges, including child maltreatment, theft, and murder.
In December, Mary received a following domestic violence restraining order against him immediately before the killings. The prosecutor gave Nathan the order to turn over his weapons and provided a copy to BSO in that context. But, Nathan’s arms weren’t capture by the deputies.
BSO has cited an internal and judicial analysis as the reason for its not making a comment on the situation. However, nine BSO officials in connection with the situation were suspended or demoted.
He has now begun to get ready to kill me.
According to court documents, Mary for more than a year went into detail about her separated father’s murder and her fears that he would murder her.
I’m worried for my life because of Nathan’s aggressive past, blatant disregard for rules or regulations, and telling our daughter he’s going to shoot me, according to Mary in the petition for a restraining order against him from the court in December. He has now taken measures to get ready to kill me, but he is holding out until the right moment.
A BSO swim team was able to find a dark Sig Sauer P320 and a silencer in a body of water less than a mile from the killings, according to court records. A , Sig Sauer, and silencer had the same serial numbers on the list of arms deputies seized in , February 2024.
The daughter of Nathan and Mary also testified to investigators that she witnessed her parents killing her father” with a long dark gun.”
household calls made by police
The Herald obtained event accounts at least six times since February 2024 that BSO has been called to Mary’s home in Plum Bay.
BSO delegates called the home 14 times between Feb. 8, 2024; and Feb. 16, 2025; according to a BSO visit log obtained by the Herald.
There were “robust amounts” of names to the house, including one in December when BSO delegates called Mary for more than 30 minutes, according to Tony, adding that they may have had enough data to apprehend Nathan at that time. They opted not.
The BSO event record from , December 29 , was heavily redacted and included details about the studies. Deputies returned to the house the following morning after Mary reported that her car locks had been taken.
Additionally, some of the delegates that Tony suspended were identified in the information as having responded to or investigated Mary’s names. At least nine deputy chief investigators and leading officers were given paid administrative leave by Tony for their roles in the exploration, whether on the day of the killings or after earlier house calls.
” It is obvious that we had a bad time with this one.” We may have accomplished more, Tony said at a press conference a few days after the killings. I don’t shy away from holding us accountable. When we fail, I’m not afraid to be hostile.
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