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Orange County sheriff: Man, woman shot dead at apartment complex

Orange County sheriff: Man, woman shot dead at apartment complex
ABOUT 1018. GUYS, BACK TO YOU. TONY, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING IN AN ORANGE COUNTY APARTMENT COMPLEX. WHY SHE WAS KILLED BY SCOTT BROWN SPOKE WITH THE WOMAN IN ANOTHER COMPLEX WHO HEARD ARGUING RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOTS RANG OUT. THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TELLS WESH 2 NEWS THAT DEPUTIES AREN’T LOOKING FOR ANY SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE. IN A CALL THAT CAME DOWN AS A MAN WITH A GUN HERE AT THE RESIDENCES AT WEST PLACE APARTMENTS THIS MORNING, I WAS SITTING HERE ENJOYING COFFEE IN THE CORNER. THAT’S WHEN ESSENCE GORDON HEARD AND ARGUMENT NEARBY. I COULD HEAR A FEMALE REQUESTING SOMEONE TO STOP FOLLOWING HER, TO LEAVE HER ALONE, TO GO BACK IN THE HOUSE. AND THE ARGUING CONTINUED ABOUT. 5 MINUTES OR SO SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I HEARD A GUNSHOT. IMMEDIATELY I CALLED. SHE CALLED 911 TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE, HER FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY WERE SAFE. ABOUT A MINUTE LATER, I HEARD ABOUT THREE OR FOUR GUNSHOTS FOLLOWING. IT WAS PRETTY DEVASTATING. WHEN ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ARRIVED, THEY HEARD GUNSHOTS COMING FROM A NEIGHBORING COMPLEX AT WEST PLACE, APARTMENTS ONSHORE WITH TEAR GAS DRIVE. THEY FOUND TWO PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN SHOT A WOMAN AND THEN A MAN WITH A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. BOTH DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. WHEN ESSEX GORDON FOUND OUT WHAT HAPPENED, SHE WAS DEVASTATED AS SHE REMEMBERED HEARING WHAT SHE BELIEVE WERE THE WOMAN’S LAST WORDS GOING. GO BACK IN THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, GET AWAY FROM ME. GO. GET AWAY. GO AWAY. I JUST KIND OF SEEMED AS IF SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM WHOEVER THE PERSON WAS, BUT THEY WERE JUST ADAMANT ON BEING IN HER SPACE. IT’S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT JUST WAS HEART HEARTFELT FOR ME. DEPUTIES SAY ANOTHER PERSON, AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER GRAZED BY ONE OF THE BULLETS, WAS TREATED HERE AT THE
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Orange County sheriff: Man, woman shot dead at apartment complex
A man and woman were shot and killed at an Orange County apartment complex on Wednesday.According to the sheriff, deputies were called to Residence at West Place Apartments in the 700 block of Sherwood Terrace Drive around 10 a.m. Deputies heard shots being fired as they arrived at the scene. Officials said they found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound and a man suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. They said an innocent bystander inside the apartment building was grazed by a bullet, too. The man and woman were rushed to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The bystander was treated at the scene.WESH 2 spoke with a witness about the shooting. "This morning I was sitting here, I was enjoying coffee in the corner," witness Essence Gordon said.That's when Gordon heard an argument nearby.“I heard a female requesting someone to stop following her, to leave her alone and go back in the house and the arguing continued about five minutes or so. Shortly thereafter, I heard a gunshot, immediately I called (911)," Gordon said. She called 911 to make sure everyone, her family and the community were safe."About a minute later, I heard about three or four gunshots following. It was prettydevastating,” Gordon said.When Gordon found out what happened, she was devastated as she remembered hearingwhat she believed were the woman's last words."'Go and go back in the house,' you know, 'get away from me, get away, go away.' Seems like she was trying to get away from whoever the person was, but they were just adamant on being in her space. (It's) definitely something that was just heartfelt for me."Deputies are not looking for any outstanding suspects. Top headlines: 'A horrible day': 2 dead after Florida student’s truck collides with construction workers’ SUV Toddler drowns at home day care in Central Florida, deputies say WESH 2 Investigates incidents of exploding sunroofs in Central Florida

A man and woman were shot and killed at an Orange County apartment complex on Wednesday.

According to the sheriff, deputies were called to Residence at West Place Apartments in the 700 block of Sherwood Terrace Drive around 10 a.m.

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Deputies heard shots being fired as they arrived at the scene.

Officials said they found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound and a man suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. They said an innocent bystander inside the apartment building was grazed by a bullet, too.

The man and woman were rushed to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The bystander was treated at the scene.

WESH 2 spoke with a witness about the shooting.

"This morning I was sitting here, I was enjoying coffee in the corner," witness Essence Gordon said.

That's when Gordon heard an argument nearby.

“I heard a female requesting someone to stop following her, to leave her alone and go back in the house and the arguing continued about five minutes or so. Shortly thereafter, I heard a gunshot, immediately I called (911)," Gordon said.

She called 911 to make sure everyone, her family and the community were safe.

"About a minute later, I heard about three or four gunshots following. It was pretty
devastating,” Gordon said.

When Gordon found out what happened, she was devastated as she remembered hearing
what she believed were the woman's last words.

"'Go and go back in the house,' you know, 'get away from me, get away, go away.' Seems like she was trying to get away from whoever the person was, but they were just adamant on being in her space. (It's) definitely something that was just heartfelt for me."

Deputies are not looking for any outstanding suspects.

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