ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando police are investigating the death of a 52-year-old woman who was shot and killed Thursday, resulting in a crash that shut down West Colonial Drive for three hours on Thursday.
The shooting was reported at about 5:30 p.m. at West Colonial Drive near Mercy Drive, Orlando police Lt. Philip Maio said.
Police said Robin Jean Roundtree, 52, was the only person inside her car as she traveled eastbound on West Colonial Drive near Ferguson Drive. Her car entered the median and crossed into oncoming traffic, resulting in a crash, police said Friday.
When officers and paramedics responded to the scene, they realized Roundtree had been shot. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Maio said.
Witnesses told Channel 9 that a woman was shot at a different location, but police have not addressed that claim.
West Colonial Drive was closed from Mercy Drive to North John Young Parkway while detectives investigated the shooting. It reopened later Thursday night.
It's unknown what led up to the shooting.
No other details were given.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crimeline at 407-423-8477.
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Crews are towing cars at the shooting scene @WFTV pic.twitter.com/GRJTg8fPVJ
— Samantha Manning (@SamManningNews) September 7, 2018
OPD investigators are photographing evidence along Colonial @WFTV pic.twitter.com/YEKs0bC7K9
— Samantha Manning (@SamManningNews) September 6, 2018
OPD is working a deadly shooting on West Colonial Drive shutting down the westbound lanes between Ferguson and Mercy @WFTV pic.twitter.com/eC9WWXXFWa
— Samantha Manning (@SamManningNews) September 6, 2018
It appears as if @OrlandoPolice have Colonial Drive blocked off between Ferguson & Mercy Drives. Several patrol vehicles on scene as well as an @OrlandoFireDept truck. @WFTV pic.twitter.com/ufdOEXO9c9
— Cierra Putman (@CierraReporter) September 6, 2018
#Breaking Part of Colonial Drive blocked off. Trying to confirm with @OrlandoPolice what happened. It appears to be some sort of crash asking if there was also a shooting. pic.twitter.com/htTw2zeMwM
— Cierra Putman (@CierraReporter) September 6, 2018
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