ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A death investigation is underway in East Orange County after a family of four was found dead inside a home Thursday night in a suspected murder-suicide, according to Sheriff John Mina.
- Family of 4 found dead inside East Orange Co. home
- Sheriff Mina said it appeared man shot/killed family, himself
- Man was a Customs and Border Protection Agent
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Sheriff Mina in a press conference said deputies responded to a home on Corner Glen Drive after they received calls expressing concern about the safety and well-being of a family. They had reportedly not been seen since last week.
Customs and Border Protection officers also contacted authorities and said they had not heard from one of their employees.
According to Mina, deputies entered the home and found four people shot to death — a woman, man, a middle-school-aged boy and a high-school-aged boy.
Mina said their preliminary investigation has revealed the man shot and killed his wife and two sons, before turning the gun on himself. He was reportedly a Customs and Border Protection agent working at Orlando International Airport.
Several neighbors told Spectrum News 13 the older son was on the basketball team at East River High School. Some of their kids knew him from school or played on the team with him.
Neighbors also told us off camera that they would have never expected this to happen to this family and in the neighborhood.
Investigators are working the incident as a murder-suicide. There is no threat to the community.
Authorities have not disclosed the names of the family members found.