• Austin Lee Edwards, 28, was shot dead by California deputies after he allegedly drove across the country to meet a teenage girl he catfished online
• He is also believed to have set fire to the girl’s home in Riverside, California, and killed her mother and grandparents before fleeing with the teen on Friday
• Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department were able to locate him hours later and shot him dead after he opened fire

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