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Winter Garden community reeling from back-to-back house fire, shooting

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — A home engulfed in flames, and a Street riddled with bullets.

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One Winter Garden community has gone through two tragedies back-to-back, and some neighbors think the incidents are connected.

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At 2:45 a.m. April 6, a fire took over half a home on Siplin Road in Winter Garden.

On Friday, 18 minutes after a community healing event ended, police told Channel 9 two men were shot.

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Multiple neighbors told Channel 9 that the owner of the home was in the hospital recovering from a shooting. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office did not provide further details.

The fire investigation has been handed over to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

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Adam Poulisse, WFTV.com

Adam Poulisse joined WFTV in November 2019.