Teen brothers dead, mom hospitalized in apparent murder-suicide in Alachua County
Approximate location of a triple shooting in Alachua County. (Google Maps)
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. ā Two teenage brothers are dead and their mother was hospitalized in a shooting in Alachua County on Monday, law enforcement confirmed.
According to the Alachua County Sheriffās Office, the shooting happened in a rural part of Hawthorne around 4:30 p.m. The mother, who was said to be 45 years old, was taken to an area hospital in āvery critical condition.ā
The brothers were said to be ages 14 and 17.
The Sheriffās Office later said that the shooting appears to be a murder-suicide. Detectives were working to establish a timeline of events that led up to the shooting.
āWe are working out the details as to what transpired but at this time we are not looking for any suspects outside the three people we have identified,ā a Sheriffās Office spokesman said.
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