J.D. Gallop

FLORIDA TODAY

The shooting that left two people dead Wednesday morning is being investigated as a murder-suicide, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office reported.

The victim was identified as 42-year-old Thomas Emmanuel Cependa and the suspect, also deceased, is 53-year-old Lisa Louise Cependa, according to reports.

The shooting was reported around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of Pine Avenue, just across from the Cocoa Evangelistic Center church. The call initially came into the sheriff's dispatch center as a possible suicide but deputies immediately came across the second body near the entrance of the home. Both suffered gunshot wounds, Brevard County Sheriff's Office Cpl. David Jacobs said.

The bodies were seen lying uncovered in the driveway not far from a maroon-and-gold pickup truck in front of the home. The shooting is the fifth reported case of a domestic-related homicide involving a suicide to take place in Brevard County this year.

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"This incident appears to be isolated, and all parties involved have been identified," Jacobs said in a statement.

Several sheriff’s patrol cars, along with crime scene agents, surrounded the area located east of Clearlake Road.

Autopsies on the couple are expected to be carried out later this week.

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