Deputies investigating apparent murder-suicide at Seminole County home

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Seminole County sheriff’s investigators said three people were killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a Winter Park home Monday night.

Deputies say they responded to the Howell Estates neighborhood after getting reports of shots being fired just before 10 p.m.

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Investigators said that when they arrived at the home off Princess Gate Boulevard near Dike Road, they found three people who appeared to have been shot.

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According to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, two people appeared to be victims of homicide and a third died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Detectives said a 17-year-old who was inside the home at the time of the shootings was able to escape out a window and call 911.

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Tuesday afternoon investigators identified the victims as 42-year-old James Calhoun and 49-year-old Emma Cain.

Deputies said 48-year-old Shane Shearer, a family friend who had been staying at the home, shot Calhoun and Cain before turning the gun on himself.

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Detectives have not said what may have led to the shooting.

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