Two people are dead after a shooting Thursday in an Ocala retirement community.The shooting was reported just before 9 a.m. Thursday at On Top of the World, a 55-plus retirement community off Southwest 82nd Avenue, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.Deputies said June Jackson, 60, was found shot on her neighbor’s front lawn. She was taken to the hospital but died of her injuries.Investigators identified Jackson’s boyfriend, Clifton Erhardt, 51, as a person of interest and because nobody had seen him leave the area, they suspected he was still inside the home.A bomb squad robot entered the residence and deputies discovered through pictures that Erhardt was dead inside.Detectives are still investigating whether or not Erhardt's wound was self-inflicted, the sheriff’s office said.

Two people are dead after a shooting Thursday in an Ocala retirement community.

The shooting was reported just before 9 a.m. Thursday at On Top of the World, a 55-plus retirement community off Southwest 82nd Avenue, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.


Deputies said June Jackson, 60, was found shot on her neighbor’s front lawn. She was taken to the hospital but died of her injuries.

Investigators identified Jackson’s boyfriend, Clifton Erhardt, 51, as a person of interest and because nobody had seen him leave the area, they suspected he was still inside the home.

A bomb squad robot entered the residence and deputies discovered through pictures that Erhardt was dead inside.

Detectives are still investigating whether or not Erhardt's wound was self-inflicted, the sheriff’s office said.