3 Family Members In Florida Found Dead At Home In Apparent Murder-Suicide

Three members of a family in Hernando County, Florida, died in what police believed to be an apparent double murder followed by a suicide.

Hernando County Sheriff's deputies first responded to reports of a domestic dispute at a residence on Heathrow Avenue in the Wellington subdivision in Spring Hill at around 2 p.m. Monday, WFLA reported.

Sheriff Al Nienhuis noted there was an argument between the residents of the house and another family member who was staying with them. The residents were reportedly trying to make the third family member move out of their house.

All three people were either related by blood or marriage, the Sheriff's Office said, as per WTSP. Nienhuis added deputies explained the process of eviction to the family members and then left the residence.

However, about three hours later, at around 5 p.m., the deputies returned to the same residence after they received a 911 call with possible gunshots heard in the background. After they arrived, deputies located all three people dead inside the home, the Sheriff's Office said in a video posted on Facebook.

The identities of the deceased were not revealed by the authorities. It's a case of two murders and then suicide, the Sheriff said, according to Fox13News.

The Sheriff's Office believed the shooting was domestic in nature and confirmed there was no threat to the public. Police didn't provide further details regarding the deaths of the three individuals.

Meanwhile, the Sheriff's Office was investigating the incident.

In an unrelated incident reported last week, a family of five, including a toddler boy and twin infant girls, were found dead inside an Arizona home. Cops were treating the case as a homicide after all the deceased individuals were found "with obvious signs of trauma." However, several reports said the incident was a murder-suicide. "We need to look at every possible angle, all the evidence, and that's going to take some time," Phoenix PD spokesperson Sgt. Melissa Soliz told reporters.

If you have thoughts of suicide, confidential help is available for free at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Call 1-800-273-8255. The line is available 24 hours a day.