Overview
- Precinct 4 deputies responded around 6 a.m. to a reported shooting at an apartment complex on Inverness Forest Boulevard.
- A man in his 50s who lived at the complex was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.
- Officials say the man had allegedly tried to force entry into an occupied unit where a mother, father, and four children were inside.
- Authorities reported the family was awakened by breaking glass and that the father shot the intruder multiple times before the man collapsed outside.
- Investigators are processing the scene, and officials have not clarified whether the residents knew the victim or whether any charges will be filed.