Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence on Marquette Street in Spring Hill, Florida, just before 5 a.m. on Oct. 11 where a shooting had taken place.
When deputies arrived, they found two unidentified adult victims with gunshot wounds. One victim had died on scene. The second victim, who was transported to a nearby hospital, suffered non-life threatening injuries.
The shooter or shooters, whose identity is still unknown, remains at large.
It is also unknown whether the suspect is male or female, and whether or not they fled the scene on foot or in a vehicle.
A preliminary investigation reveals that the shooting began as a Home Invasion.
Home invasions, the Sheriff’s Department advised, are not typically a random act, but rather a targeted act of violence.
Residents in the area have been asked to review any surveillance video footage they may have between the hours of 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. If they observe any suspicious individuals or vehicles in the area during that timeframe, they are asked to contact the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office at 352-754-6830 and ask for a “Major Case” detective.
Those who believe they have information pertaining to the incident are asked to immediately contact either the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office or Crime Stoppers.
Several Shootings This Year
There have been several shootings in Hernando County in 2023.A Jan. 6 press release stated that two adults were shot during a domestic incident on Powell Road in Brooksville. A follow up report confirmed that both victims were male. One of the victims died at the scene. A third report said the second victim, who had been transported to a local trauma center in critical condition, later succumbed to his injuries.
On Jan. 30, deputies responded to another domestic disturbance, this time on Cobb Road in Brooksville. When deputies arrived, one of the individuals involved in the disturbance fired a gun at the deputies. One or more deputies returned fire, striking both individuals. Both victims were transported to the hospital.
At around 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, deputies responded to a double shooting in the area of Hazel Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South Brooksville. Two victims had sustained gunshot wounds. The unknown suspect had fled the scene. Both victims were transported by helicopter to an area trauma center. The following day, one of the victims, a student at Hernando High School, had died.
At 1:12 p.m. on April 25, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a woman who said she was performing chest compressions on a male victim who had been shot at a residence on Nordica Road in Weeki Wachee. The victim was flown by helicopter to an area trauma center, where he later died.
On May 18, deputies received a report of a verbal altercation at a residence on Our Road in Brooksville just before 11:30 p.m. Two adult males, who resided in different structures on the property, had engaged in a verbal altercation, which escalated. One of the males went into his residence and returned with a firearm, shooting the other male. The victim, transported by helicopter to a local trauma center, was listed in extremely critical condition. The shooter was charged with attempted murder.
At around 1:54 in the morning on July 25, deputies were dispatched along with Hernando County Fire Rescue to a shooting in the 800 block of Josephine Street in south Brooksville. Deputies arrived within minutes, to find an adult male in the roadway, suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
