2 killed in overnight shooting at Osceola County apartment complex; deputies continue investigation

I’LL SHOW YOU WHEN COMING UP. THANKS, CAM. TWO MEN ARE DEAD AND A THIRD WENT TO THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. AND WHAT THE SHERIFF IS DESCRIBING AS A SHOOTOUT FROM AN OLD WESTERN MOVIE. IT HAPPENED AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON MARTHA CIRCLE NEAR OSCEOLA AND JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY. THAT’S WHERE WESH SHOIGU SPENCER TRACY IS LIVE WITH THE SHERIFF BELIEVES LED UP TO THE SHOOTING. SPENCER. JESSE. THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GATED AND IS FILLED WITH FAMILIES. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THAT THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS A DRUG RELATED SHOOTING, THAT ALL THE MEN KNEW EACH OTHER. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY WANT MORE PROTECTION. I NEVER SEE THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SEE THIS IN THIS PLACE, RUTH MARTINEZ SAYS HER GATED COMMUNITY, FILLED WITH FAMILIES, TURNED INTO A CRIME SCENE OVERNIGHT ON ME. I WAS LAYING DOWN IN BED WHEN I HEARD THE LOUD SHOTS. SHE LIVES IN THE RAPALO APARTMENT COMPLEX IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. CUANDO EMPEZARON A ESPERAR. SHE SAYS SHE HEARD SHOT AFTER SHOT AND THAT THERE WAS MANY. OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF MARCO LOPEZ SAYS THEY GOT A CALL ABOUT THE SHOOTING JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND TWO MEN IN A HALLWAY WHO BOTH DIED. THEY FOUND ANOTHER MAN IN THE BUSHES. HE WAS ALSO SHOT AND IS NOW IN CUSTODY. IT WAS BASICALLY A SHOOTOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE OKAY CORRAL, YOU KNOW, AND IT’S CRAZY BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF CITIZENS, PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. UM, THANK GOD THAT WAS HARDLY NOBODY OUT DURING THOSE HOURS WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. DEPUTIES SAY THE ONE MAN WHO DIED LIVED IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE OTHER TWO WERE NOT FROM HERE. THEY SAY ALL THE MEN APPEARED TO BE IN THEIR 20S OR 30S. THE INDIVIDUAL THAT DOES LIVE HERE, WHO PASSED WAS RECENTLY MOVED IN, AND WE HAVE NO HISTORY OF ANY TYPE OF ALTERCATIONS OF THIS TYPE OF NATURE. AFTER COLLECTING EVIDENCE, DEPUTIES SAY THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS DRUG RELATED. WHILE THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC, MARTINEZ SAYS HER NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS MORE SECURITY. IT’S WORTH NOTHING TO HAVE A GATE THAT CLOSES IF THERE ARE AREAS WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS THE COMPLEX. AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS NOT RELEASED THE NAMES OF THE TWO MEN WHO HAVE DIED. NOW, THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. OF COURSE, ONCE WE LEARN MORE, WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON AIR AND ONLINE REPORTING LIV

Two people were killed and another person was injured in an overnight shooting at an apartment complex, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said. The shooting unfolded a little after midnight at the Rapallo apartment complex, located at the 3000 block of Marta Circle in Kissimmee, which is near the intersection of John Young Parkway and Osceola Parkway.According to Sheriff Marco Lopez, deputies responded to the apartment complex on Tuesday morning after reports of shots fired. There, deputies found two men, who Lopez says were in their 20s or 30s, with gunshot wounds.One was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. One has been identified as 19-year-old Adrian Joel Gonzales. Deputies found another man with a gunshot wound in the bushes, who Lopez identified as a person of interest. According to Lopez, that man is in custody and currently in the hospital.The sheriff says deputies are still reviewing evidence but adds that this appears to be an isolated incident with all parties accounted for. There is no threat to the public at this time, as Lopez says the parties were known to each other.Those involved in the altercation were not from the area, Lopez says. Information about what led to the shooting was not immediately made available, but Lopez says the incident is most likely drug-related.Osceola County deputies have been at the Rapallo apartment complex all morning, continuing their investigation. Lopez says there were many shots fired and that weapons were recovered from the scene.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. —

Two people were killed and another person was injured in an overnight shooting at an apartment complex, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said.

The shooting unfolded a little after midnight at the Rapallo apartment complex, located at the 3000 block of Marta Circle in Kissimmee, which is near the intersection of John Young Parkway and Osceola Parkway.

According to Sheriff Marco Lopez, deputies responded to the apartment complex on Tuesday morning after reports of shots fired. There, deputies found two men, who Lopez says were in their 20s or 30s, with gunshot wounds.

One was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. One has been identified as 19-year-old Adrian Joel Gonzales.

Deputies found another man with a gunshot wound in the bushes, who Lopez identified as a person of interest. According to Lopez, that man is in custody and currently in the hospital.

The sheriff says deputies are still reviewing evidence but adds that this appears to be an isolated incident with all parties accounted for. There is no threat to the public at this time, as Lopez says the parties were known to each other.

Those involved in the altercation were not from the area, Lopez says.

Information about what led to the shooting was not immediately made available, but Lopez says the incident is most likely drug-related.

Osceola County deputies have been at the Rapallo apartment complex all morning, continuing their investigation. Lopez says there were many shots fired and that weapons were recovered from the scene.

2 killed in overnight shooting at Osceola County apartment complex; deputies continue investigation

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