Crime & Safety
Murder-Suicide Suspected In Tampa Shooting: Hillsborough Sheriff
Two bodies were found in the parking lot of a Tampa hospital Wednesday evening, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.
TAMPA, FL — Deputies are investigating a suspected murder-suicide in Tampa, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office news release.
The agency received a call about two possibly dead people in a parking lot at HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital, 6001 Webb Road, Wednesday just after 6:30 p.m.
Responding deputies found two bodies,a woman with gunshot wounds and a man with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, the sheriff’s office said.
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The investigation is ongoing.
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