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PBSO Confirms Greenacres Double Shooting Was Murder-Suicide as West Palm Beach Homicide Probe Continues

Investigators say the Greenacres victims and shooter knew each other.

Overview

  • Deputies say a man in his 40s shot two women in the Pine Ridge North I community around 7:30 a.m. Monday on the 500 block of Shady Pine Way.
  • One woman was found dead at the scene and the second was transported as a trauma alert and later pronounced dead.
  • The suspect retreated into a residence, refused commands and was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot after a brief SWAT surround.
  • Authorities have not released the names of those involved or identified a motive in the Greenacres case.
  • In a separate incident, West Palm Beach police responded to shots on the 400 block of 16th Street around 3:40 p.m. and a victim was pronounced dead as that investigation remains ongoing.