Lakleland teen finds father shot to death

LAKELAND -- A teenage boy returning home from school Monday made the grim discovery of his father's gunned-down body, Polk County sheriff's officials said.

Investigators are treating the death of 45-year-old Vince Thomas Theismann as a homicide.

Officials said the boy, whose name was not released, last saw his father about 7 p.m. Sunday, when the teen dropped by his father's house at 3910 E. Country Loop to pick up clothes after spending the weekend away at his mother's home. The boy lived with his father.

By the time the teen returned to his father's house at 2:30 p.m. Monday, he found him shot to death, Polk County sheriff's spokeswoman Donna Wood said in a statement.

No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call the Polk County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit at 863-534-6379.

-- Casey Cora, Times staff writer