Two men are dead and a third person is in custody after shootings at a home in southeast Ocala on October 28, police said.
Officers from the Ocala Police Department said they were notified about the shootings at 5:32 p.m. They arrived at a residence in the 1000 block of Southeast Eighth Street three minutes later and found two gunshot victims.
One man was outside the house and the other was inside, police said. Officers performed lifesaving measures on both men.
One man was taken to a local hospital, where he died. The other man was declared dead at the scene.
The names and ages of the three people involved were not immediately released.
Two dogs, one of them a Maltese mix, were removed from the residence and turned over to animal control officials for safekeeping, officers said.
This story was reported by the Ocala Star-Banner.
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